Christianism

American  

[kris-chuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkrɪs tʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the beliefs and practices of Christians.

---

Etymology

Origin of Christianism

1570–80; < Late Latin Chrīstiānismus < Greek Chrīstiānismós Christianity, equivalent to chrīstiān ( ós ) Christian + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

But we would never call that “Christianism.”

From Slate

Yet there’s one more similarity between these two respective Republicans, and it’s one that may tell us a lot about the future of Christianism in the GOP: Both have previously supported — and are now desperately trying to disown — initiatives pushed by Christianist activists to add so-called personhood amendments to the constitutions of their states.

From Salon

Breivik offers a clear instance of "Christianism" - the use of travestied Christian doctrines for the advancement of violent and revolutionary views.

From BBC

The parentage of Christianism is in Egyptian Osirianism, while that of what we understand as Judaism is attributable to Chaldean sources, both converging to a common centre and finding a new expression through two diverse orders, yet both equally versed in Cabalistic science, modified by the eclectic influences which were active at the period of their production.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the learned, however, have been of opinion that the present version of Christianism is more immediately founded on the writings of Philo Jud�us, who speaks much of the "Logos," which in Greek signifies the principle of reason; having the same figurative moral sense as the epithet Christos.

From Project Gutenberg