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- noun A doctrine prevalent in some forms of Protestant Christianity that divides history into distinct periods, each marked by a different dispensation or relationship between God and humanity. Dispensationalism further holds that Christian believers will be transported to heaven without warning and that soon thereafter there will be a period of tribulation, followed by the Second Coming.
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- noun religion A
Protestant evangelical theology rooted in the writings of John Nelson Darby.
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Examples
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While not initially distinguishable, the theology that became known as dispensationalism was increasingly evident during this period.
SharperIron 2009
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The neo-cons might not believe in dispensationalism, but even if I don’t believe in your theory as to how I’m gonna die, if you want me dead, I’m not gonna drink the kool-aid you give me.
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Very few clergy have been brave enough to denounce the rapture heresy and expose the hypocrisy of "dominionism" and "dispensationalism" - associated beliefs, that support America's right to rule the world, and the right of its adherents to sin with impunity.
Prayers for America 2009
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Variously called dispensationalism, dominionism, and prosperity theology, it is a uniquely American point of view.
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All three, after all, adhere to an eschatology known as dispensationalism: the belief that the world will end in a cataclysm during which Christians will be "raptured," nonbelievers destroyed, and Christ will return to earth.
A Fateful Election Baker, Russell 2008
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The pastor adheres to a conservative theology called dispensationalism, believing that the return of Jews to Israel has fulfilled a biblical prophesy, which will lead to the return of Jesus Christ.
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To call dispensationalism "gnostic" is a shot below the belt no matter how you slice the bread.
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No, the Israel question, obviously, is not a foreign policy question at all, but rather an elucidation of Palin's fairly peculiar sect of American premillenial dispensationalism, which is "Christian" in name only.
Hammer Of The Blogs 2008
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We notice that creationism often entails "dispensationalism" — the demented belief that there is no point in preserving nature, because the Deity will soon replace it with a perfected form.
Political Animals 2002
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We notice that creationism often entails "dispensationalism" — the demented belief that there is no point in preserving nature, because the Deity will soon replace it with a perfected form.
Political Animals 2002
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