fundagelical

English

Etymology

Blend of fundamentalist +‎ evangelical.

Adjective

fundagelical (comparative more fundagelical, superlative most fundagelical)

1. (sometimes derogatory) Of, related to, or characteristic of both evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity.
   • 1993, Delos Banning McKown, The Mythmaker's Magic: Behind the Illusion of "Creation Science"‎^[1], page 166:

     Its attempts at explaining the “Scientific Creationists” fail, however, because they do not focus sufficiently on the importance of soteriology in fundagelical religion.

   • 2014, Jay Emerson Johnson, “Apocalypse Later”, in Cathleen Falsani, Jennifer Grant, editors, Disquiet Time: Rants and Reflections on the Good Book by the Skeptical, the Faithful, and a Few Scoundrels, unnumbered page:

     Coming out as gay while also nestled in the bosom of fundagelical Christianity reveals more than sexual secrets.

   • 2018, Gene Likens, David Lindenmayer, Effective Ecological Monitoring, unnumbered page:

     Finally, we aimed to present our opinions without religious-like 'fundagelical' fervour.

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Noun

fundagelical (plural fundagelicals)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A person with beliefs and values characteristic of both evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity.
   • 1982, A View from the Loft, volumes 5-8, page 11:

     In Alabama, Fundagelicals - our modern day moral majoritarians calling themselves Citizens for a Positive Education, banned the use of a social studies textbook on the grounds that it failed to extol the virtues of capitalism […]

   • 2004 May 3, John Sutherland, “God save America...”, in The Guardian:

     What do fundagelicals instinctively oppose? Gay marriage, abortion, gun control, taxes, the UN (and the currently top-rated candidate for anti-Christ, Kofi Annan), withdrawal from Iraq, Michael Moore, Janet Jackson's left breast.

   • 2012, Gerhard O. Forde, “Radical Lutheranism”, in Virgil Thompson, editor, Justification Is for Preaching: Essays by Oswald Bayer, Gerhard O. Forde, and Others‎^[2], page 19:

     Let us be radicals: not conservatives or liberals, fundagelicals or charismatics (or whatever other brand of something-less-than gospel entices), but radicals: radical preachers and practitioners of the gospel by justification by faith without the deeds of the law.

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