a member of any of various Christian groups that combine a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
Jesus freak in American English
noun
informal
a member of any of several fundamentalist groups of chiefly young people (Jesus people) originating in the early 1970's and emphasizing intense personal devotion to and study of Jesus Christ and His teachings
Word origin
[1970–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, cornrow, relational database, salsa, stress test