No, it's more that I was using sense 6, below, and carelessly ignoring senses one-through-five, and also the positive uses of the word evangelical:
e·van·gel·i·cal (vn-jl-kl, vn-) also e·van·gel·ic (-jlk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially one of the four gospel books of the New Testament. 2. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Protestant church that founds its teaching on the gospel. 3. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Christian church believing in the sole authority and inerrancy of the Bible, in salvation only through regeneration, and in a spiritually transformed personal life. 4. Evangelical 1. Of or relating to the Lutheran churches in Germany and Switzerland. 2. Of or relating to all Protestant churches in Germany. 5. Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith. 6. Characterized by ardent or crusading enthusiasm; zealous: an evangelical liberal.
I was intentionally avoiding the word "fundamentalist," but in so doing I wandered int oa different linguistic trap. It's a manifestation of my general tendency to assume the world can read my thoughts, which is a particularly ironic failing for a fiction writer.
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Date: 2004-11-06 08:58 am (UTC)e·van·gel·i·cal (vn-jl-kl, vn-) also e·van·gel·ic (-jlk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially one of the four gospel books of the New Testament.
2. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Protestant church that founds its teaching on the gospel.
3. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Christian church believing in the sole authority and inerrancy of the Bible, in salvation only through regeneration, and in a spiritually transformed personal life.
4. Evangelical
1. Of or relating to the Lutheran churches in Germany and Switzerland.
2. Of or relating to all Protestant churches in Germany.
5. Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith.
6. Characterized by ardent or crusading enthusiasm; zealous: an evangelical liberal.
I was intentionally avoiding the word "fundamentalist," but in so doing I wandered int oa different linguistic trap. It's a manifestation of my general tendency to assume the world can read my thoughts, which is a particularly ironic failing for a fiction writer.