Editing Jesus movement (section)

==Jesus freak==
"'''Jesus freak'''" is a term arising from the late 1960s and early 1970s [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] and is frequently used as a [[pejorative]] for those involved in the Jesus movement. As [[Tom Wolfe]] illustrates in ''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'', the term "freak" with a preceding qualifier was a strictly neutral term and described any counterculture member with a specific interest in a given subject; hence "acid freak" and "Jesus freak".<ref>{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=S. |year=2004 |title=American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=978-1466806054}}</ref> The term "freak" was in common-enough currency that [[Hunter S. Thompson]]'s failed bid for sheriff of [[Pitkin County, Colorado]], was as a member of the "Freak Power" party.<ref>{{cite book |last=Denevi |first=T. |year=2018 |title=Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=978-1541767959}}</ref>

However, many later members of the movement, those misunderstanding the countercultural roots, believed the term to be negative, and co-opted and embraced the term, and its usage broadened to describe a [[Christians|Christian]] subculture throughout the [[hippie]] and [[back-to-the-land movement]]s that focused on universal love and [[pacifism]], and relished the radical nature of [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus]]' message. Jesus freaks often carried and distributed copies of the ''[[Good News Bible|Good News for Modern Man]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washedred.com/content/?contentID=14 |title=Musician Barry McGuire's Testimony: Eve of Destruction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407002708/http://www.washedred.com/content/?contentID=14 |website=WashedRed.com |archive-date=2010-04-07 |access-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref> a 1966 translation of the [[New Testament]] written in modern English. In Australia, and other countries, the term "Jesus freak", along with "[[List of religious slurs|Bible basher]]", is still used in a derogatory manner. In Germany, there is a Christian youth culture, also called [[Jesus Freaks International]], that claims to have its roots in the U.S. movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/article.php?id=13 |title=The new Jesus Freaks Movement in Europe |last=Pederson |first=Duane |year=2009 |website=The Hollywood Free Paper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723071203/http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/article.php?id=13 |archive-date=2011-07-23}}</ref>