"Militant Christianity"?
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds points to this article about the rise of Christianity in China.
He then writes this:
It could happen, I suppose, and my colleague Rosalind Hackett, who studies these things, has suggested that militant Christianity, not Islam, is likely to be the religious force of the 21st century.
I'm unsure whether the "militant" description is Hackett's or Reynolds', but what the heck is it doing there?
Main Entry: mil i tant
Pronunciation: -t&nt
Function: adjective
1 : engaged in warfare or combat : FIGHTING
2 : aggressively active (as in a cause) : COMBATIVE [militant conservationists] [a militant attitude]
Are there gangs of Christians slaughtering Africans in Darfur? Are we talking about those "militant" South Korean Christians in Afghanistan?
If there's no evidence of millions of Christians killing in the name of Jesus, then might I suggest "devout" as a proper adjective.
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Mark Steyn once said something like fascism is always descending on America but always ends up landing in Europe. It seems that Christianity is always on the verge of being the religion of murder and mayhem but it is always Muslims involved when it actually happens.