Christianize
Convert to Christ
To Christianize is to convert to Christianity or give a Christian character to something.
Missionaries sought to Christianize indigenous peoples.
Pagan holidays were Christianized—winter solstice celebrations became Christmas, spring fertility rites became Easter.
The Romans Christianized much of Europe.
The word often carries overtones of cultural imposition alongside religious conversion.
Admit through sacred rite
- convertChange in form or faith
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- evangelizeSpread religious doctrine actively
- catechizeQuestion to instruct
disciple · save · redeem · born-again · confession · repentance · salvation · believer
Purpose-driven task
- evangelizeSpread religious doctrine actively
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- outreachProactive community assistance
- crusadeZealous effort for change
apostle · preacher · missionary · gospel · heathen · pagan · indigenous · colonize
Remove from religious control
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- acculturateAdopt another group's practices
- EuropeanizeMake conform to Continental norms
Christmas · Easter · calendar · Sabbath · church · chapel · cathedral · saint
Study of the divine
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
trinity · atonement · transubstantiation · predestination · eschatology · sacrament · canon · heresy
baptize
Admit through sacred rite
- convertChange in form or faith
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- evangelizeSpread religious doctrine actively
catechize · disciple · save · redeem · born-again · confession · repentance · salvation · believer · faithful
mission
Purpose-driven task
- evangelizeSpread religious doctrine actively
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- outreachProactive community assistance
crusade · apostle · preacher · missionary · gospel · heathen · pagan · indigenous · colonize · civilize
secularize
Remove from religious control
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- acculturateAdopt another group's practices
Europeanize · Christmas · Easter · calendar · Sabbath · church · chapel · cathedral · saint · angel
theology
Study of the divine
orthodoxy · trinity · atonement · transubstantiation · predestination · eschatology · sacrament · canon · heresy · apostolic
Christianizesecularize
Remove from religious control
laicize · profane · deconsecrate · disestablish · unchurch
- 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
Christianity, Christianization, Christianized, Christianizing, Christianizes