Wednesday, August 23, 2006

What is a moderist evangelical

I was reading a blog post about a divide between moderist and traditionalist churches when I came across the term Moderist Evangelical. Apparently it means something like:
Those in what Green describes as “modernist” religious congregations, for example, churchgoers who were more ecumenical, or universalist, in their beliefs, tend to vote Democratic, regardless of denomination. Traditional evangelicals support Bush by 68 percentage points over Kerry in Green’s latest poll, taken in the spring. But modernist evangelicals back Kerry by 8 percentage points over Bush.
I'm going to have to add it to my religious lexicon. This election cycle is going to be crazy.

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