Christianising
Making religiously Christian
Christianising is the British spelling of Christianizing—converting people, places, or practices to Christianity.
Missionaries Christianised indigenous populations.
Pagan holidays were Christianised by overlaying them with Christian meaning: The winter solstice festival was Christianised as Christmas.
The word can carry critical connotations, implying cultural erasure or forced conversion.
Ritual water purification ceremony
- catechumenUnbaptized person learning Christianity
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- evangelizeSpread religious doctrine actively
- convertChange in form or faith
neophyte · initiation · rebirth · repentance · salvation · redemption · confession · testimony
Religious outreach worker
- apostleMessenger for a cause
- evangelistZealous advocate or preacher
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- outreachProactive community assistance
crusade · colonialism · imperialism · conquest · expansion · indigenous · heathen · pagan
Study of the divine
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- creedStatement of belief
- trinityUnified set of three
orthodoxy · heresy · schism · reformation · liturgy · sermon · homily · scripture
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- catechumenUnbaptized person learning Christianity
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- evangelizeSpread religious doctrine actively
convert · neophyte · initiation · rebirth · repentance · salvation · redemption · confession · testimony · discipleship
missionary
Religious outreach worker
- apostleMessenger for a cause
- evangelistZealous advocate or preacher
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
outreach · crusade · colonialism · imperialism · conquest · expansion · indigenous · heathen · pagan · conversion
theology
Study of the divine
trinity · orthodoxy · heresy · schism · reformation · liturgy · sermon · homily · scripture · canon
secularization
Religion losing social significance
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
Easter · calendar · naming · marriage · burial · architecture · art · iconography · music · hymn
Christianisingsecularising
Removing religious character
secularizing · disenchanting · profaning · deconsecrating · rationalising