[Julia H.]

The average dimwit thinks “fundamentalist” is a catch-all term for anyone with whom he disagrees on social issues.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“fundamentalists — think Pat Robertson or the late Jerry Falwell”

don’t post anti-protestant hitpieces please.

[Alex Murphy]

....fundamentalist has to a large extent taken on pejorative connotations except when applied to groups that stress strict, literal interpretations of Scripture and separation from other Christians. In general, do not use fundamentalist unless a group applies the word to itself.

That might be how the AP Stylebook defines it, but the term originated with the Presbyterians' Doctrinal Deliverance of 1910 , more commonly known as the Five Fundamentals of the [Christian] Faith:

The term [Fundamentalism] was born when conservative Protestants in early-20th-century America committed themselves to defend the five "fundamentals" of their faith -- the inerrancy of the Bible, virgin birth and deity of Jesus, doctrine of atonement, bodily resurrection of Jesus, and His imminent return.
-- from the thread The many forms of fundamentalism

I find that a great many Catholic laypersons, apologists, priests, and bishops still use the term as a bigoted perjorative (see for example: Mark Shea, and the National Catholic Reporter's John L. Allen Jr).

[GourmetDan]

Hmmm. I’ll bet there’s some ulterior motive for ‘evangelism’ being preferred over ‘fundamentalism’.

I would bet that ‘fundamentalism’ is a greater threat to the NWO, while ‘evangelism’ is more manageable.

JMO

[Lee N. Field]

Darryl Hart's Deconstructing Evangelicalism is a good one to read on fundamentalist vs. evangelical. Or, listen to the interview here (highly recommended). Modern evangelicals came they didn't want to be seen as mean. In the process they became the trainwreck you see now.

In the process of writing a history of evangelicalism he came to hold that the whole category of "evangelical" (in the modern sense) wasn't useful.

don’t post anti-protestant hitpieces please.

Actually, I thought it was an anti-media hit piece.

Yup. I basically don't trust anything I read from the MSM on the subject. Unless the reporter is in, is some sort or believer, they just won't have the categories.

[r9etb]

Hint to Mr. Greenberg:

If you're going to write an article about why "fundamentalist" and "evangelical" are not interchangeable, it would be helpful if you defined what those words mean, and how they differ.

(I note that the AP stylebook provides a very rough definition of fundamentalist, and by extension one supposes you define evangelicals as "not like them.")

Just a suggestion....