"christian" again

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Wed May 28 00:16:11 UTC 2003


> I just reread the earlier discussion of Christian in the
> thread "Christian
> Suggestion" and the one dealing with Mormons and Baptists.
> While some key
> terms, like born-again, saved, and Christian come up in it,
> another term
> that needs discussion is "evangelical", a word that has
> resonance for those
> in the Lutheran and Reformed traditions but quite a more
> restricted meaning
> in modern American religious discussion.  Who's evangelical
> and who isn't?
> And what does it mean to be one?

"Evangelist" and "evangelism" is also used in marketing, or at least it is
in the high-tech marketing. A "product evangelist" is a marketer or business
exec who delivers the "message" (i.e., "good news") to the market and the
public. Steve Jobs, for example, is a premier business evangelist.



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