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Evangelical vs Fundamentalist - What's the difference?

evangelical | fundamentalist |

As nouns the difference between evangelical and fundamentalist

is that evangelical is a member of an evangelical church while fundamentalist is one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

As an adjective evangelical

is pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.

evangelical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament
  • Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
  • Protestant; specifically, designating European churches which were originally Lutheran rather than Calvinist.
  • Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
  • Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
  • * 1987 , Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study , Page 10
  • When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably.
  • Zealously enthusiastic.
  • Antonyms

    * nonevangelical

    Synonyms

    * evangelic

    Usage notes

    While evangelical may have all above meanings, it is often used now for meanings 4-5. Evangelic has only the meanings 1-3 and is now used often to differentiate these meanings from evangelicalism.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of an evangelical church
  • An advocate of evangelicalism
  • fundamentalist

    English

    (Fundamentalism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
  • (finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
  • (Christian ) Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles. These points were first listed in a book series entitled "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth" published in 1909 and affirmed by the PCUSA in its 1910 Minutes of the General Assembly.
  • (pejorative) A fundamentalist Christian (also fundie'' or ''fundy )
  • Synonyms

    * takfiri