Christianism

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Christianism is a pejorative label invented by Andrew Sullivan to describe the Christian right in the United States.[1][2] Writing in 2005, the New York Times language columnist William Safire attributed the term (in this novel usage) to blogger Andrew Sullivan, who wrote on June 1, 2003, page 19,[3] "I have a new term for those on the fringes of the religious right who have used the Gospels to perpetuate their own aspirations for power, control and oppression: Christianists. They are as anathema to true Christians as the Islamists are to true Islam."[1] The bloggers Tristero and David Neiwert used the term shortly after.[4][5] Sullivan later expanded on his usage of the term in a Time magazine column.[6] Uses of the term can be found dating back to the seventeenth century, but these are unrelated to its modern meaning.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Safire, William (May 15, 2005). "Isms and Phobias". New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ Walker, Ruth (May 20, 2005). "Onward, Christianist soldiers?". Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Massachusetts: The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2003 June « The Dish". andrewsullivan.com.
  4. ↑ When Semantic Differences Are Not: Part Two Tristero, June 2, 2003, accessed January 31, 2010.
  5. ↑ Neiwert, David (June 8, 2003). "How about Christianism?". Orcinus.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Andrew (May 7, 2006)."My Problem with Christianism", Time, accessed January 31, 2010.


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