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  • Maybe the word steeplejacking is well-known among Christians today, but then I am not a Christian.

    Mr Wang Says So 2009

  • Maybe the word steeplejacking is well-known among Christians today, but then I am not a Christian.

    Mr Wang Says So 2009

  • An unprecedented look inside the battle for religion in America, Steeplejacking: How the Christian Right is Hijacking Mainstream Religion exposes how a strident theocratic minority is attacking - or "steeplejacking" - mainstream churches in order to eliminate progressive voices and take control of America's historic mainline denominations.

    Mr Wang Says So 2009

  • An unprecedented look inside the battle for religion in America, Steeplejacking: How the Christian Right is Hijacking Mainstream Religion exposes how a strident theocratic minority is attacking - or "steeplejacking" - mainstream churches in order to eliminate progressive voices and take control of America's historic mainline denominations.

    Mr Wang Says So 2009

  • I learned a new word today - "steeplejacking" - how interesting.

    Mr Wang Says So 2009

  • I learned a new word today - "steeplejacking" - how interesting.

    Mr Wang Says So 2009

  • An extraordinary look inside the battle for religion in America, Steeplejacking: How the Christian Right Is Hijacking Mainstream Religion (Ig Publishing) is an insider account by two ministers, John Dorhauer and Sheldon Culver, that shows how a strident theocratic minority is attacking — or "steeplejacking" — mainstream churches in order to eliminate progressive voices and take control of the churches.

    Books 2009

  • The main Krazy Kristian steeplejacking organization mostly leaves us alone, for some reason.

    Stupak and the bishops, the bishops and me 2009

  • Talk to Action contributor John Dorhauer alerted me to a situation in Singapore that some people had found to be analogous to steeplejacking that he has written about here.

    Talk To Action 2009

  • An introductory post on steeplejacking in Singapore after the attempted takeover of a woman's NGO and a summary of recent updates. ......

    Talk To Action 2009

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  • The takeover of a mainstream religious denomination by a group of radical extremists. Coined, as far as I can tell, by this book.

    October 9, 2007

  • Great neologism! I know that a steeplejack was a person who climbed such towers to repair them, but I've never heard of this form of the word.

    October 9, 2007

  • Subversion of Churches by Theocratic religious groups who could not gain much if their agenda was open. They use many of what has been thought of as Communist Subversion techniques.

    There is more detail here.

    August 4, 2008