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Evangelicalism & The Religious Right - Coggle Diagram
Evangelicalism & The Religious Right
Evangelical:
Believes in "born again"/conversion experience
Datable experience
Represents transition from death -> life, heaven -> hell
Wants to bring others into the faith
"Takes Bible seriously as God's revelation to humanity" (Oranges & Peanuts Podcast)
Selective literalism
25-46% of population identify with definition, 1/3 of US population
Progressive evangelicalism
Social reform/action, "born again" through Bible
Fueled Women's Rights Movement, fights for equality, voting rights, Common School Movement, etc...
Abortion & Roe v. Wade
Triggered evangelicals to move into politics
Late 1970s shift toward "secular humanism"
Church should not rely on state
State should not back religious beliefs
Abortion originally viewed as Catholic issue
Religious Right:
Politically conservative evangelical movement attempting to exert political influence on American institutions with goal of reconstruction
Political
Social
Legal
Most conservative of all groups
Began in extremism
Schools
Religious schools vs government
IRS clashes with Bob Jones University on "racial mixing"
University claimed it was a "violation of the sanctity of their subculture (Balmer)
1962 prayer in school