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Religion & American Culture
@csraac
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUPUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
Dec 14, 2018 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
How about a history thread to close the week?

Let's talk about "evangelical." There are lots and lots of debates about “who is an evangelical.” I’ve contributed to some of them! But there’s another version of the question which is kind of funny but maybe illuminating: When was evangelical?

When, that is, did the term come into use, historically?