Christianise
Make religiously Western
To Christianise is to convert a person, group, or region to Christianity, or to give something a Christian character.
Pagan festivals were Christianised when adapted into Christian holidays: The winter solstice celebration was Christianised into Christmas.
The spelling with -ise is British; American English uses Christianize.
Advocate one's beliefs
- convertChange in form or faith
- baptizeAdmit through sacred rite
- preachDeliver religious discourse
- gospelSacred choral tradition
mission · missionary · disciple · crusade · revival · testimony · witness · sermon
Deliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- resurrectionRevival from death
- messiahProphesied liberator figure
scripture · prophecy · discipleship · piety · holiness · sanctification · atonement · revelation
Study of the divine
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
heresy · apostolic · canon · sacrament · liturgy · ecumenical · exegesis · Christology
Extending dominion over others
- subjugationForcing into submission
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- hegemonyDominant group's control
Eurocentrism · domination · expansion · empire · settler · occupation · annexation · civilizing mission
Ritual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- communionProfound shared closeness
- massQuantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
sacraments · vestments · iconography · pilgrimage · churchgoing · worship · prayer · holy water
proselytize
Advocate one's beliefs
gospel · mission · missionary · disciple · crusade · revival · testimony · witness · sermon · evangelist
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- resurrectionRevival from death
messiah · scripture · prophecy · discipleship · piety · holiness · sanctification · atonement · revelation · born again
theology
Study of the divine
orthodoxy · heresy · apostolic · canon · sacrament · liturgy · ecumenical · exegesis · Christology · ecclesiology
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- subjugationForcing into submission
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
hegemony · Eurocentrism · domination · expansion · empire · settler · occupation · annexation · civilizing mission · forced conversion
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- communionProfound shared closeness
- massQuantity of matter
liturgy · sacraments · vestments · iconography · pilgrimage · churchgoing · worship · prayer · holy water · hymns
Christianisesecularise
Remove religious affiliation
secularize · desanctify · profane · deconsecrate · disenchant
- Orthodox ChristianityAncient apostolic church tradition
- Eastern ChristianityChristian traditions from Byzantium
- early ChristianityFaith's founding centuries
- Syriac ChristianityAramaic-based Eastern religious tradition
- liberal ChristianityReason-based Protestant theology
- American ChristianityReligious practice stateside
Christianize, Christianity, Christianization, Christianized, Christianising, Christianizing