Christianese

"Christianese" is like a second language for Washington politicians.

The American Empire: An Unholy Alliance between Church and State 2006

The "walk" of the park's owners (Christianese for their "walk with God" or spiritual condition) is more important than the quality of the park itself.

Daniel Radosh: Bible Amusement Park Now Twice As Amusing 2008

This is how we think and sound before we learn Christianese.

This is how we think and sound before we learn Christianese. - 22 Words 2008

Pomarolli performs in character as “Kerri,” a ditsy blonde who is fluent in Christianese but alarmingly ignorant of actual Christian spirit.

Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008

I pray he never learns Christianese unless he needs it to contextualize the gospel for the lost that are inside the church.

This is how we think and sound before we learn Christianese. - 22 Words 2008

Most people camp out—pitching tents in the woods, along the lake shore, or next to their vans in the parking lot—and the shared experience of late nights and early mornings, of dust and heat, of dancing and worship fulfills the overused Christianese promise of fellowship.

Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008

It is meant for people who are already believers—or at least seekers, to use the Christianese.

Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008

But in Christianese, "horizontal" carries no such connotations.

Daniel Radosh: What Huckabee's Music Sounds Like When You Play It Backwards 2008

This is how we think and sound before we learn Christianese.

This is how we think and sound before we learn Christianese. - 22 Words 2008

But the worst insult you can deliver there is to say that a movie reminds you of such notoriously low-budget Christian schlock as the Left Behind series and The Omega Code, or that the dialogue sounds like "Christianese."

Can Jesus Save Hollywood? 2005