The standard definition of evangelicalism rests on Bebbington’s four-part quadrilateral

Evidence

7.“What is an Evangelical,” National Association of Evangelicals, accessed March 15, 2018, https://www.nae.net/what-is-an-evangelical/. This definition draws on David Bebbington’s classic “quadrilateral,” introduced in his Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s (London: Routledge, 1989). — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 708

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the ‘Bebbington quadrilateral’ as the canonical definitional source for evangelicalism — directly relevant to the reader’s project of clarifying what ‘white evangelicalism’ means.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: which four elements make up Bebbington’s quadrilateral, and how do they compare to the militant-masculinity markers Du Mez foregrounds as the organizing center?