Vainglory:
Excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements; excessive vanity.
‘his vainglory put the Republic at risk’ [Oxford English Dictionaries]
Noted in “Christians are suffering from complete spiritual blindness,” Michael Gerson, WaPo:
In case this wasn’t clear enough, the document goes on: “We reject any teaching that encourages racial groups to view themselves as privileged oppressors or entitled victims of oppression. . . . We deny that a person’s feelings of offense or oppression necessarily prove that someone else is guilty of sinful behaviors, oppression or prejudice.” Christians, in the view of MacArthur and his fellow signatories, must condemn both “racial animosity” and “racial vainglory.”
