Evangelicalism

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Christian movement Protestant tradition religious movement

Evangelicalism is a worldwide Protestant Christian movement characterized by an emphasis on personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and active evangelism.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Evangelical Christianity	100
Evangelicalism canonical	31
Evangelical Protestantism	8
Evangelical Anglicanism	4
Evangelical Revival in Britain	4
evangelical Christianity	4
Evangelical Christians	3
American evangelicalism	2
American Evangelicalism	1
Anglican evangelicals	1
English Evangelical Revival	1
Evangelical Christian right	1
Evangelical Revival	1
Evangelical Revival in 18th-century Britain	1
Evangelical churches	1
Evangelical culture	1
Evangelical movement	1
Evangelical theology	1
evangelical Protestantism	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Evangelicalism
Context triple: [Bible, isSacredTextOf, Evangelicalism]

A. Restorationism
Restorationism is a Christian movement that seeks to recover and practice the beliefs, worship, and church structure of the earliest New Testament-era Christians, often rejecting later traditions and denominational developments.
B. Puritanism
Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.
C. Calvinism
Calvinism is a branch of Protestant Christianity rooted in the teachings of John Calvin, emphasizing doctrines such as predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the total depravity of humankind.
D. Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, emphasizing salvation through faith in him.
E. Arminianism
Arminianism is a Protestant theological tradition emphasizing human free will in accepting or resisting divine grace, in contrast to the strict predestinarian views of Calvinism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Evangelicalism
Target entity description: Evangelicalism is a worldwide Protestant Christian movement characterized by an emphasis on personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and active evangelism.

A. Restorationism
Restorationism is a Christian movement that seeks to recover and practice the beliefs, worship, and church structure of the earliest New Testament-era Christians, often rejecting later traditions and denominational developments.
B. Puritanism
Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.
C. Calvinism
Calvinism is a branch of Protestant Christianity rooted in the teachings of John Calvin, emphasizing doctrines such as predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the total depravity of humankind.
D. Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, emphasizing salvation through faith in him.
E. Arminianism
Arminianism is a Protestant theological tradition emphasizing human free will in accepting or resisting divine grace, in contrast to the strict predestinarian views of Calvinism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian movement ⓘ Protestant tradition ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Billy Graham ⓘ Carl F. H. Henry ⓘ Francis Schaeffer ⓘ George Whitefield ⓘ John Stott ⓘ John Wesley ⓘ Jonathan Edwards ⓘ Martyn Lloyd-Jones ⓘ
contrastedWith	liberal Christianity ⓘ mainline Protestantism ⓘ
coreBelief	Bible as the ultimate authority in matters of faith and practice ⓘ centrality of Christ’s death and resurrection ⓘ importance of being born again ⓘ mandate to share the gospel ⓘ necessity of personal relationship with Jesus Christ ⓘ salvation by grace through faith ⓘ
developedSignificantlyIn	18th century ⓘ Evangelicalism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Revival in Britain Great Awakening ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	activism in mission and social engagement ⓘ belief in the necessity of faith in Christ for salvation ⓘ biblicism ⓘ conversionism ⓘ crucicentrism ⓘ emphasis on evangelism ⓘ emphasis on personal conversion ⓘ emphasis on the authority of Scripture ⓘ emphasis on the new birth experience ⓘ evangelistic activism ⓘ focus on the atoning work of Jesus Christ ⓘ high view of the Bible ⓘ
hasDemographic	growing presence in Africa ⓘ growing presence in Asia ⓘ large presence in Global South ⓘ significant presence in Latin America ⓘ significant presence in North America ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	worldwide ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Billy Graham crusades ⓘ Lausanne Movement ⓘ surface form: Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization 1974
hasOrganization	Lausanne Movement ⓘ National Association of Evangelicals ⓘ World Evangelical Alliance ⓘ
hasPractice	Bible study ⓘ evangelistic preaching ⓘ missionary outreach ⓘ revival meetings ⓘ small group fellowship ⓘ
hasSubtradition	charismatic evangelicalism ⓘ conservative evangelicalism ⓘ fundamentalism ⓘ neo-evangelicalism ⓘ progressive evangelicalism ⓘ
hasTheologicalEmphasis	Bible preaching ⓘ church planting ⓘ lay involvement in ministry ⓘ missionary work ⓘ personal piety ⓘ
hasViewOnSalvation	necessity of repentance and faith ⓘ personal decision for Christ ⓘ
hasViewOnScripture	Bible is inspired word of God ⓘ Bible is norm for doctrine and life ⓘ
includesDenomination	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist churches Evangelical Anglican churches ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Lutheran churches Pentecostal churches ⓘ non-denominational churches ⓘ
influentialInCountry	Brazil ⓘ Germany ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ South Korea ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
originatedIn	Protestant Reformation traditions ⓘ
religiousBranchOf	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism