<P> In the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, there has been a marked rise in the evangelical wing of Protestant denominations, especially those that are more exclusively evangelical, and a corresponding decline in the mainstream liberal churches . In the post--World War I era, Liberalism was the faster - growing sector of the American church . Liberal wings of denominations were on the rise, and a considerable number of seminaries held and taught from a liberal perspective as well . In the post--World War II era, the trend began to swing back towards the conservative camp in America's seminaries and church structures . Those entering seminaries and other postgraduate theologically related programs have shown more conservative leanings than their average predecessors . </P> <P> The neo-Evangelical push of the 1940s and 1950s produced a movement that continues to have wide influence . In the southern U.S., the more moderate neo-Evangelicals, represented by leaders such as Billy Graham, have experienced a notable surge displacing the caricature of the pulpit pounding country preachers of fundamentalism . The stereotypes have gradually shifted . Some, such as Jerry Falwell, have managed to maintain credibility in the eyes of many fundamentalists, as well as to gain stature as a more moderate Evangelical . </P> <P> Evangelicalism is not a single, monolithic entity . The Evangelical churches and their adherents cannot be easily stereotyped . Most are not fundamentalist, in the narrow sense that this term has come to represent; though many still refer to themselves as such . There have always been diverse views on issues, such as openness to cooperation with non-Evangelicals, the applicability of the Bible to political choices and social or scientific issues, and even the limited inerrancy of the Bible . </P> <P> However, the movement has managed in an informal way, to reserve the name Evangelical for those who adhere to an historic Christian faith, a paleo - orthodoxy, as some have put it . Those who call themselves "moderate evangelicals" (although considered conservative in relation to society as a whole) still hold fast to the fundamentals of the historic Christian faith . Even "Liberal" Evangelicals label themselves as such not so much in terms of their theology, but rather to advertise that they are progressive in their civic, social, or scientific perspective . </P>

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