NOUN
- the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel
- the practice of proselytizing
How To Use proselytism In A Sentence
- 12 Filipinos and a priest were arrested in Saudi Arabia only this month for "proselytism" for holding a secret mass. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- He insisted that the definition of "proselytism" is in line with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) case from 1993 that upheld the rights of a Jehovah's Witness, Minos Kokkinakis, who had been punished for spreading his faith in his native Greece (see MS Word text of the judgement, Forum 18 News Service
- What price evangelism, proselytism, the missionary tradition? Times, Sunday Times
- Protestantism sat at ease, unmindful of schisms, careless of proselytism: Dissent was an inheritance along with a superior pew and a business connection; and Churchmanship only wondered contemptuously at Dissent as a foolish habit that clung greatly to families in the grocery and chandlering lines, though not incompatible with prosperous wholesale dealing. XII. Mr. and Mrs. Glegg at Home. Book I—Boy and Girl
- Kasymova told Forum 18 on 8 April that Jehovah's Witnesses are involved in proselytism, which is prohibited. Forum 18 News Service
- Merchants, far from being sceptics, were often the agents of religious fervour and proselytism on the shifting trade routes between civilisations.
- That is true even if such dialogue results in greater knowledge of each other's traditions and does not aim as it still does too often at proof, disproof, or proselytism. Arnold M. Eisen: A New Holy Week Agenda
- It is understood that their trial will hinge on whether the pamphlets they published and distributed constituted proselytism. Times, Sunday Times
- Related to social disorganization, a second factor acting in favor of Protestant proselytism has been the failure of the economy in Latin America to empower most of its population to leave the ranks of poverty and underemployment.
- Last year, 12 Filipinos and a priest were arrested for "proselytism", after they held a secret mass in Riyadh. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
