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There is humanity and there is Humanism. One refers to an intrinsic characteristic and the other to an aspirational one. Similarly relativity and relativism, community and communism and so on. The import of this statement is that subliminally the word "Christianity" suggests intrinsic characteristics - something that is universal, as opposed to other "religions" which are aspirational and therefore abstract and unnatural. So as against the "ity" of Christianity stands the "ism" of pagans, heathens and non-believers like judaism, mohammadenism (old name for Islam), Hinduism, Buddhism, jainism, zoarastrianism, Confucianism, taoism, shitoism etc. The -ism terminology further manages to localize, marginalize or regionalize definitions of these faiths.
How did this sly suggestion come about in the English language? For that one must understand that none of the non-christian faiths mentioned above call themselves by their English names. These names were coined in the very recent past. What is more even the definition of religion, its aims and methods differed substantially from the then western viewpoint of faith and religion. In fact even today scholars have no consensus on what the term religion actually means. This term too is an inadequate western category attempting to describe the various global belief systems, faiths, cultures and customs that western civilizaition encountered.
English being a language that spread through means and mechanics of western (and christian) colonialism contrived to establish a privileged position for its native faith. Hence the term Christianity as opposed to the many -isms.
A corrective to such obiviously biased nomenclature would be to call Christianity christism
What else can I help you with?
What words would you say that are appropriate instead of profanity?
Saying "crap" is generally more accepted as opposed to s***.
Is it appropriate to say who is this for in place of for whom is this for?
Properly we say Whom is this for, and we certainly write it that way, but in informal speech "who" is allowed instead when it is the first word in the sentence.
What term is an appropriate gender-neutral term to use in today's society?
Instead of saying waiter or waitress, say "server."
What to say instead of after?
You can say "following" or "subsequent to" instead of "after".
What does Christianity say about rats?
Nothing.
What is the religion of nouth Carolina?
Christianity, I hope. Although some say Christianity and football.
Can you say mines instead of my?
Yes, I can say "mines" instead of "my" if you prefer.
What does chritianty say about animal cloneing?
what does Christianity say to animal cloning
Did Cortes convert the Aztecs to Christianity or Catholicism?
Cortes converted the Aztecs to Christianity, and Catholicism is a type of Christianity, so you could say either way
How do you reply to Nemaste?
say "this is NOT, an appropriate time to say nemaste"
What was Hypatia 's contribution to Christianities impact on philosophy?
Hypatia was a female scholar who lived in the city of Alexandria. She was violently killed (flayed alive and then burned) by a Christian mob because they believed her to be a witch/pagan. So you might say her contribution was dying?
How do you say Christianity in Spanish?
CATOLICO to be confirmed
