Definitions
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- noun The theory or doctrine that Christians have a divine mandate to assume positions of power and influence over all aspects of society and government.
- noun The belief that God gave humans the right to exercise control over the natural world.
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- noun A
tendency among someconservative Christians , especially in theUSA , to seek influence or control oversecular civil government throughpolitical action.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just because some critics of the Christian Right have stretched the term dominionism past its breaking point does not mean we should abandon the term.
Chip Berlet: What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy 2008
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It helps to see the terms dominionism, dominion theology, and Christian Reconstructionism as distinct and not interchangeable.
Chip Berlet: What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy 2008
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Christian dominionism is indeed scary – but it has support from leaders within the Repub party, including Brownback
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Philosophically, advocates of a post-tribulation Rapture—Pat Robertson is the most well-known—tend to join reconstructionists in a broader theocratic or quasi-theocratic movement known as dominionism.
Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008
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It's also called dominionism and dispensationalism.
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It's called dominionism, the view that Christians have a God-given mandate to run the world.
The Seattle Times 2011
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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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Diamond was careful to discuss how the small Christian Reconstructionist theological movement had helped introduce "dominionism" as a concept into the larger and more diverse social/political movements called the Christian Right.
Chip Berlet: What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy 2008
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So let's choose our language carefully, but let's recognize that terms such as "dominionism" and "theocracy," when used cautiously and carefully, are appropriate when describing anti-democratic tendencies in the Christian Right.
Chip Berlet: What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy 2008
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The term "dominionism" is used different ways by different people.
Chip Berlet: What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy 2008
whichbe commented on the word dominionism
A surprisingly under-reported movement.
November 29, 2009