Understanding evangelicalism in America today

A religion scholar explains how evangelicalism in the US is not a monolith. It includes a variety of churches, theologies and practices. Read more in this article from Religion News Service.

“A precipitous decline in the number of Americans identifying as white evangelical was revealed in Public Religion Research Institute’s 2020 Census on American Religion. In 2006, almost a quarter of the American population identified as white evangelical, but only 14.5% the population does so today.”

Evangelicals share the recognition of the Bible as the ultimate authority. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)