"Christianese" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2003, Helen K[atharine] Bond, Seth D[aniel] Kunin, Francesca Aran Murphy, editors, Religious Studies and Theology: An Introduction, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 500:",
          "text": "Anthony answered, 'Talking Christianese is being the Church. Don't you think Church matters?' Fred said, 'Not when you define the Church as a group having Christian experiences. You need someone to tell you what Christianity is before you can define a group's experiences as Christian.'",
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          "text": "I often ran them off with my self-righteous attitude or scared them away with Christianese language […]",
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          "ref": "2007, Mike Minter, A Western Jesus: The Wayward Americanization of Christ and the Church, Nashville, Tenn.: B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "text": "Reasons for departure were simply expressed in \"Christianese\": \"The Lord is leading us to fellowship elsewhere,\" \"The Spirit is moving us on,\" and so on.",
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          "text": "Anthony answered, 'Talking Christianese is being the Church. Don't you think Church matters?' Fred said, 'Not when you define the Church as a group having Christian experiences. You need someone to tell you what Christianity is before you can define a group's experiences as Christian.'",
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