According to Goldberg, Rushdoony "was a prolific writer, churning out dense tomes advocating the abolition of public schools and social services and the replacement of civil law with biblical law. White-bearded and wizardly, Rushdoony had the look of an Old Testament patriarch and the harsh vision to match -- he called for the death penalty for gay people, blasphemers, and unchaste women, among other sinners. Democracy, he wrote, is a heresy and "the great love of the failures and cowards of life."
In turn, Goldberg said that "reconstructionism is a postmillennial theology, meaning its followers believe Jesus won't return until after Christians establish a thousand year reign on earth. While other Christians wait for the messiah, Reconstructionists want to build the kingdom themselves."
On the other hand, most American evangelicals are premillennialists.
"They believe (with some variations) that at the time of Christ's return, Christians will be gathered up to heaven, missing the tribulations endured by unbelievers. In the past, this belief led to a certain apathy -- why worry if the world is about to end and you'll be safe from the carnage?" says Goldberg in her article.
With this backdrop, this section will gather information on various terms and names related to Christian Nationalism.
- "Dominionism"http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm, Religious Intolerance
- "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism," by Michelle Goldberg, Salon.com
- America's Religious Right - Saints or Subversives? by Steve Weissman, Truthout
The Christian Nationalism movement is a byproduct of the Protestant Dominion Theology, which claims that in preparation for the second coming of Christ, godly men have the responsibility to take over every aspect of society.
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In turn, Dominion theologians believe this verse commands Christians to bring all societies, around the world, under the rule of the Word of God.
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The movement and its "Dominion Theology" are relatively new, dating from the publication in 1973 of The Institutes of Biblical Law by the late Rousas John Rushdoony. Related: [Dominionism], ChristianReconstructionism, TheocraticDominionism, and [Theonomy]
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Christian Nationalism and its "Dominion Theology" are relatively new, dating from the publication in 1973 of The Institutes Of Biblical Law by the Rousas John Rushdoony.
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The Christian Nationalism movement is a byproduct of the Protestant Dominion Theology, which claims that in preparation for the second coming of Christ, godly men have the responsibility to take over every aspect of society.
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The Christian Nationalism movement is a byproduct of the Protestant Dominion Theology, which claims that in preparation for the second coming of Christ, godly men have the responsibility to take over every aspect of society.
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David Barton is a self-taught historian, who has collected quotes and anecdotes to prove that the American founding fathers were in fact "orthodox, evangelical Christians" (a term failing to be defined) and that their intention was to construct a Christian government.
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Self-described historian David Barton has conceding that the following twelve quotations attributed to prominent historical figures are either false or at best questionable.
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In turn, Dominion theologians believe this verse commands Christians to bring all societies, around the world, under the rule of the Word of God. See also: [Dominionism], ChristianReconstructionism, TheocraticDominionism, and [Theonomy]
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The Christian Nationalism movement is a byproduct of the Protestant Dominion Theology, which claims that in preparation for the second coming of Christ, godly men have the responsibility to take over every aspect of society.
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The movement and its "Dominion Theology" are relatively new, dating from the publication in 1973 of The Institutes of Biblical Law by the late Rousas John Rushdoony. Related: [Dominionism], ChristianReconstructionism, TheocraticDominionism, and [Theonomy]
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The classical view is that the universe was created by a God who then makes no further intervention in its affairs (The Clockmaker Hypothesis).
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In turn, Dominion theologians believe this verse commands Christians to bring all societies, around the world, under the rule of the Word of God.
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The Founding Fathers of the United States are credited with laying the framework for the Constitution, etc, and in particular many Evangelicals and so-called Religious Right have gone to claim that they were - if not evangelical - were practising Christians.
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For the prophecy to be fulfilled, for the Rapture to come, for Christ to return, the Jews must first rule all of Eretz Yisroel, the biblical Land of Israel.
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The Christian Nationalism movement is a byproduct of the Protestant Dominion Theology, which claims that in preparation for the second coming of Christ, godly men have the responsibility to take over every aspect of society.
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David Barton is a self-taught historian, who has collected quotes and anecdotes to prove that the American founding fathers were in fact "orthodox, evangelical Christians" (a term failing to be defined) and that their intention was to construct a Christian government.
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A Vietnam veteran and West Point graduate and Baptist, Judge Roy Moore has become a lightening rod figure for the Christian Nationalism movement, after being losing his position for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments.
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Author of the Popular End Times novels.
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Randall Terry, a proponent of Christian Nationalism, founded Operation Rescue in 1987, and which was aimed at blockading abortion clinics. Terry spent five months in prison for sending one of his people to show a fetus to presidential candidate Bill Clinton in 1992, violating a federal court order.
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Christian Nationalism and its "Dominion Theology" are relatively new, dating from the publication in 1973 of The Institutes Of Biblical Law by the Rousas John Rushdoony.
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Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin was a former commander and 13-year veteran of the top-secret Delta Force, and deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence when he set off criticisms after saying that his God, was bigger than Islam's.
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The movement and its "Dominion Theology" are relatively new, dating from the publication in 1973 of The Institutes of Biblical Law by the late Rousas John Rushdoony. Related: [Dominionism], ChristianReconstructionism, TheocraticDominionism, and [Theonomy]
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