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Evangelicalism
evangelist
evangelist (Ĭvăn´jəlĬst) [Gr.,=Gospel], title given to saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors of the four Gospels. The four evangelists are often symbolized respectively by a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle, on the basis of Rev. 4.6–10. In modern times the term is applied to Protestant clergy and religious leaders who preach personal conversion, especially those who travel extensively to do so. The greatest effort of evangelism was undoubtedly the Great Awakening. Methodism is essentially evangelical in its origins; John Wesley and George Whitefield were the great Methodist evangelists. George Fox, founder of the Quakers (see Friends, Religious Society of), was also an evangelist. Dwight Moody was a prominent 19th-century American evangelist. Billy Graham is a notable modern example. See also camp meeting; revival, religious.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2013, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace
Shayne Lee; Phillip Luke Sinitiere. New York University Press, 2009
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Shayne Lee; Phillip Luke Sinitiere. New York University Press, 2009
Amazing Grace: Evangelicalism in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States
George A. Rawlyk; Mark A. Noll. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994
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George A. Rawlyk; Mark A. Noll. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994
Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s
D. W. Bebbington. Routledge, 1993
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D. W. Bebbington. Routledge, 1993
Who Were the Evangelicals?: Conservative and Liberal Identity in the Unitarian Controversy in Boston, 1804-1833
Cayton, Marie Kuplec. Journal of Social History, Vol. 31, No. 1, Fall 1997
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Cayton, Marie Kuplec. Journal of Social History, Vol. 31, No. 1, Fall 1997
Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective
David N. Livingstone; D. G. Hart; Mark A. Noll. Oxford University Press, 1999
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David N. Livingstone; D. G. Hart; Mark A. Noll. Oxford University Press, 1999
Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920
Ted Ownby. University of North Carolina Press, 1990
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Ted Ownby. University of North Carolina Press, 1990
God's Man for the Gilded Age: D.L. Moody and the Rise of Modern Mass Evangelism
Bruce J. Evensen. Oxford University Press, 2003
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Bruce J. Evensen. Oxford University Press, 2003
Standing against the Whirlwind: Evangelical Episcopalians in Nineteenth-Century America
Diana Hochstedt Butler. Oxford University Press, 1995
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Diana Hochstedt Butler. Oxford University Press, 1995
Domestic Biography: The Legacy of Evangelicalism in Four Nineteenth-Century Families
Christopher Tolley. Oxford University, 1997
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Christopher Tolley. Oxford University, 1997
The Age of Atonement: The Influence of Evangelicalism on Social and Economic Thought, 1785-1865
Boyd Hilton. Clarendon Press, 1991
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Boyd Hilton. Clarendon Press, 1991
Televangelism: The Marketing of Popular Religion
Razelle Frankl. Southern Illinois University Press, 1987
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Razelle Frankl. Southern Illinois University Press, 1987
The Evangelicals: A Historical, Thematic, and Biographical Guide
Robert H. Krapohl; Charles H. Lippy. Greenwood, 1999
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Robert H. Krapohl; Charles H. Lippy. Greenwood, 1999