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POLITICIZATION
The act or method of changing a religious issue or institution to a political one. Essential to the process is the shift of the focus from faith commitment to self-interest, and the introduction of mechanisms of political contract into a covenant relationship with God.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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