Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a person who has made a conversion or has renewed a commitment to Jesus Christ as his or her personal savior.
- adjective Of or relating to evangelical Christianity.
- adjective Characterized by renewal, resurgence, or return.
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- adjective Having a
renewed commitment toJesus Christ as a personalsaviour . - adjective by extension Having the
zeal of aconvert of a non-religious cause or activity. - adjective Of or pertaining to
evangelical Christianity . - noun Someone who has a
renewed commitment toJesus Christ as a personalsaviour . - noun Anyone with a
renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief. - noun An
evangelical Christian .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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The hippocampus is the center of memory and navigation in the brain; recent research from Duke University shows that people who had had a "born-again" experience showed more atrophy of the hippocampus on average than the religious who didn't identify as born-again.
Michael Taft: Hardwired for the Mystical? Michael Taft 2012
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Could it be that we so-called born-again Christians are not as free as we think or perhaps not genuinely born anew?
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Could it be that we so-called born-again Christians are not as free as we think or perhaps not genuinely born anew?
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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