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Dominionism

The theocratic idea that regardless of theological view or eschatological timetable, Christians are called by God to exercise dominion over society by taking control of political and cultural institutions. Some use The theocratic idea that Christians are called by God to exercise political and cultural dominion over society. Learn more interchangeably with A theocratic movement rooted in Christian nationalism which provides a blueprint for the reconstruction of society. Learn more , however Dominionism (unlike Reconstructionism) also applies to the theocratic vision of the neo-Charismatic A movement originally identified and named in the 1990s by evangelical theologian C. Peter Wagner. The NAR has since become the leading political and cultural vision of the Pentecostal and Charismatic wing of evangelical Christianity. Learn more (NAR). Dominionism has historically provided a theological rationale for conservative Christian politics that made the contemporary A movement that emerged in the 1970s encompassing a wide swath of conservative Catholicism and Protestant evangelicalism. Learn more possible.

Deep Dive

Political Research Associates
How We Got the Christian Right We Know Today
In this roundtable, Chelsea Ebin, Matthew Taylor, and Julie Ingersoll discuss the intersection of today’s New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and the New Christian Right of 1970s and 1980s formed by…
Q&A
Political Research Associates
The Rise of Paula White and the Independent Charismatics
In this excerpt from The Violent Take It by Force, Matthew D. Taylor examines the role of Paula White as a televangelist-turned-advisor for the Trump administration.
Article
Public Eye
A Theocratic Movement Hiding in Plain Sight
Dominionism is the theocratic idea that regardless of theological camp, means, or timetable, God has called conservative Christians to exercise dominion over society by taking control of political and cultural institutions.
Article
Political Research Associates
It is striking that an organization that was once so unambiguously Christian Nationalist makes no appeal to Christian nationalism in their 2020 election year resource.
Article
Political Research Associates
Project Blitz is an influential movement comprised of a coalition of Christian Right groups. In 2018, PRA’s Fred Clarkson found a legislative playbook with model bills, that provided a roadmap and…
Video
Religion Dispatches
Listen to this article on the Inform Your Resistance podcast. Lance Wallnau, a prominent Apostle/Prophet in the Neo-Charismatic New Apostolic Reformation, had an unusual Easter message this year…
Article
Political Research Associates
Historians may someday see the 2016 election season as the turning point in how our society understands the Dominionist movement that is seeking to recast society in its own image.
Article

Dominionism In the News