Religious Right 101
As I get more of my information together in one place, I will put together a series of introductions to the various Christian movements, past, and present, that are relevant to the current threat of Christian theocracy. New topics will appear as I have the time and/or sufficient information. Watch this space! RR 101: Christian […]
Read MoreRR101: Dominionism
Taking Rushdoony’s rhetoric about ‘dominion’ over the world, later leaders have loosely come to ascribe to a theology known as Dominionism. This is not an organization, but a sort of filter through which its adherents view Christian doctrine, and their role in the world as Christians. Simply put, Dominionism is the drive to take and […]
Read MoreRR101: Christian Reconstruction
Reconstruction is a Calvinist, thenonomic/theocratic trend in theology that teaches that god’s law (i.e. Biblical Law) is to be the law of the land. Theologian R.J. Rushdoony, who published a massive set of volumes called ‘The Institutes of Biblical Law,” is widely considered to be the father of the Reconstruction movement, as well as the […]
Read MoreFrom Patheos: Trump Cabinet Makes Theocratic Moves
I suggest taking Patheos overall with a grain of salt; there are hundreds of contributing authors, and not all of them are equally authoritative. I have checked out the background on this, and it coincides with everything else I have seen about members of Trump’s cabinet. Drollinger’s group, Capitol Ministries, has been on the radar […]
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