Christianism

English Etymology From en la chrīstiānismus; compare fr christianisme 1, equivalent to en Christian -ism. Pronunciation en /ˈkɹɪʃ.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/ /ˈkɹɪs.tjən.ɪzm̩/ /ˈkɹɪs.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/ en Christ ian i sm Noun ~ The Christian religion. en Christianity The Christian world. en Christendom en US derogatory A political ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism. from 21st c. en May 7, 2006 w:Andrew Sullivan My Problem with Chistianism TIME Christianism is an ideology, politics, an ism. The distinction between Christian and Christianist echoes the distinction we make between Muslim and Islamist. Muslims are those who follow Islam. Islamists are those who want to wield Islam as a political force and conflate state and mosque. en 2007 The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz 31 At its extreme, as in the Christian identity movement, Christianism merges with white supremacy. en 2015 European Integration and the Problem of the State Stefan Borg 129 Because I was always against any extremist ideology whether Islamism or Christianism or whatsoever. en Rogers Brubaker The New Language of European Populism https://brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/02/The-New-Language-of-European-Populism-Foreign-Affairs-final.pdf 2017-12-06 4 brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu At the same time that they invoke Christian identity, the civilizationists also stress their secularism. But there is no contradiction between the populist right’s Christianism and its secularism, since both derive from a preoccupation with Islam. en 2021 Trump and the Politics of Neo-Nationalism Jeffrey Haynes Christianism is characterised by overt, often extreme, anti-Islamism. en-GB Jan-Werner Müller What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear w:The Guardian 2025-04-23 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/23/pope-francis-jd-vance-meeting 0261-3077 What matters is not believing (let alone actual Christian conduct), but only belonging. It’s what the social scientist Rogers Brubaker has called “Christianism”, in contrast with actual Christianity. Related terms en Christ Christian Christianist Christianity Christianization Christianize Christianizer Translations Christian religion Christianity Christian world Christendom ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism Finnish: fi kristillismi German: de Christianismus m See also en dominionism dominionist References “Christianism” in WordReference.com en eponyms en Theocracy Christianity