Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Christian religion.
- noun The nations professing Christianity; Christendom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The Christian religion.
- noun obsolete The Christian world; Christendom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
Christian religion. - noun obsolete The Christian world;
Christendom .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This, he suggests, is the opposite of what he has long referred to as "Christianism," which is marked by "the fusion of politics and religion for the advancement of political goals."
Jonathan D. Fitzgerald: The Necessary Mix Of Religion And Politics Jonathan D. Fitzgerald 2011
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This, he suggests, is the opposite of what he has long referred to as "Christianism," which is marked by "the fusion of politics and religion for the advancement of political goals."
Jonathan D. Fitzgerald: The Necessary Mix Of Religion And Politics Jonathan D. Fitzgerald 2011
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You're supposed, they say, to dance with them that brung you but for all the huffing-and-puffing over "Christianism" it's striking how few victories the religious right can claim.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
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Christianism - Due to some other stuff, I missed out on my regular sojourn amongst the blogs last week and learned that Andrew Sullivan recently suggested the use of the term "Christianism" to denote the political ideology that makes use of Christian symbolism.
Hullabaloo 2006
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Regarding coinage of the term, according to William Safire, Andrew Sullivan first used the term "Christianism" 1 day before I did.
Hullabaloo 2006
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Note - "Christianism" is a phrase coined by Andrew Sullivan and others to describe what others call "Christian Dominionism."
Philocrites: Moral ambiguity in 'Left Behind' videogame. 2006
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As your post indicates, Christians already suffer from a tarnished image among many people because of the excesses of Christianism, which is why they don’t deserve to be called by the samename.
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Of course, Sullivan has been on a bender concerning "Christianism," which is a term he defines as
RedState 2008
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The Tea Party movement, while not specifically religious at all, is of an ideological kin to Christianism.
Matthew Yglesias » Sarah Palin, Disability, and Fair-Weather Small-Government Advocates 2010
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Christianism and Zionism (and all sort of sects and spiritualist groups) were not the only ones to propose new worlds.
[GUEST POST] Lavie Tidhar Asks 'What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Steampunk?' 2010
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