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[5] Christian Bible; Christianese – Terms and jargon used within many of the branches and denominations of Christianity as a functional lexicon of religious terminology, characterized by the use in everyday conversation of certain words, theological terms, puns, and catchphrases, assumed to be familiar but in ways that may be only ...
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Christian jargon has been critiqued as clichéd; its potential to confuse or isolate others has also been critiqued in media, both explicitly Christian and otherwise. The article "Unlearning 'Christianese'" in Canadian Mennonite makes the comparison to legalese , "which has its place and purpose, but is confusing and meaningless to people who ...
Pages in category "Christian terminology" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,081 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A word or phrase used exclusively or primarily to describe a religious concept. If a more specific sub-category exists for the specific religion, please add it there and not here. Subcategories
A Dictionary of the Bible (1863), edited by William Smith, title page for the third volume. A Bible dictionary is a reference work containing encyclopedic entries related to the Bible, typically concerning people, places, customs, doctrine and Biblical criticism. Bible dictionaries can be scholarly or popular in tone.
Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958; Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2; Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9; Tischler, Nancy M.,
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