c. evangelical Protestantism
Evangelical Protestantism enjoyed a rebirth in the 1970s, comparable in some ways to the great religious revivals and awakenings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Evangelical denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention grew quickly over the decade, whereas more liberal mainstream churches declined in membership. Some of the most spectacular growth took place among Pentecostals, both white and Black, and other evangelical churches not affiliated with larger ecclesiastical bodies. By 1976-"the year of the evangelical," according to Newsweek magazine-more than one in three Americans identified themselves to pollsters as "born again" or "evangelical" Christians. The same year, the United States elected Jimmy Carter, its first born-again president.