Christianese

English Etymology en :af Christian -ese + 1 Pronunciation en En-au-Christianese.ogg AU en Christ ian ese Proper noun en Christianity informal slang The terms, catchphrases and theological jargon used by some Christians, commonly from Christian theology and influenced by popular translations of the Bible. en Helen K[atharine] Bond; Seth D[aniel] Kunin; Francesca Aran Murphy Religious Studies and Theology: An Introduction New York, N.Y. w:New York University Press 2003 500 978-0-8147-9913-0 Anthony answered, 'Talking Christianese is being the Church. Don't you think Church matters?' Fred said, 'Not when you define the Church as a group having Christian experiences. You need someone to tell you what Christianity is before you can define a group's experiences as Christian.' en Dan C. Gilliam Friendship: A Superhero Faith God Touches: Finding Faith in the Cracks and Spaces of Life Cincinnati, Oh. w:Standard Publishing 2007 180 https://books.google.com/books?id=y3kF5fBcBuoC&pg=PA180 978-0-7847-1963-3 I often ran them off with my self-righteous attitude or scared them away with Christianese language en Mike Minter A Western Jesus: The Wayward Americanization of Christ and the Church Nashville, Tenn. B&H Publishing Group 2007 8 https://books.google.com/books?id=OAH64-HjcmYC&pg=PA8 978-0-8054-4486-5 Reasons for departure were simply expressed in "Christianese": "The Lord is leading us to fellowship elsewhere," "The Spirit is moving us on," and so on. Synonyms en Bible-speak Further reading Glossary of Christian terms http://wordspy.com/index.php?word=christianese 21 June 2001 4 June 2017 Mark I. Pinsky The Gospel According to the Simpsons Louisville, Ky. Westminster John Knox Press 2001.