Good Faith Classic: What the Heck is an Evangelical?

It’s the 75th Good Faith episode and we’re celebrating our “diamond” podcast by running back one of our first episodes. First released in November 2021, this episode is a “classic” (in our minds) because we define terms around several key questions that have recurred on Good Faith: “What is an ‘evangelical?’ Is it a set of religious beliefs, a set of cultural beliefs, or a set of political beliefs? How does evangelicalism compare with fundamentalism?” Is “evangelical” a term worth salvaging for Christians?”
Show Notes:
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Pew Research Center: “More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump presidency, especially his supporters”
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Barna: “Survey Explores Who Qualifies As an Evangelical” (including the 9-point Evangelical)
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Ryan Burge: “Why ‘Evangelical’ is becoming another word for ‘Republican’”
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The French Press: “The American Crisis of Selective Empathy”
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