The word rubric derives from a Latin word for “red.” Originally, it referred to red letters used as section headings in religious texts and the like. Rubric has since become a term used in modern educational jargon, as in grading rubric. What’s the...
steeplejacking n.— «Let me now explain “steeplejacking.” This is what happens when mainstream denominational churches lose their congregational members to a nearby evangelical church. In very simple terms this is where members are wooed away from...
A caller wonders why some versions of the Lord’s Prayer include the phrase “forgive us our trespasses,” while others substitute the word “debt.”
none n.— «Commonly referred to as the “nones” or “unchurched,” those who don’t identify with a religion went from making up 8.2 percent of the population in 1990 to 15 percent in 2008, according to the American Religious Identification Survey...
buzzard Baptist n.— «I am what some ministers call a Buzzard Baptist. I never go to any regular service at the church, but I attend all the funerals.» —“Church members coin new definitions of their religion” by Jim Griffith Times-Herald (Newnan...
apatheism n. the attitude of not caring about religion or whether there is a God. Etymological Note: apa(th)y + -theism (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
