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'''Dominionism''', as defined by S.R. Shearer, is a "militant post-millennial eschatology ('doctrine of end times') which pictures the seizure of earthly (temporal) power by the church as the only means through which the world can be rescued; only after the world has been thus 'rescued' can Christ return to 'rule and reign.' (Some dominionists see the seizure of the earth as the result of 'signs, wonders, and miracles;' others picture it as the result of military and political conquest; most see it as a combination of both.)" [http://www.endtimesnetwork.com/oldnews/domantigov.html]
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"[[Gary North]], one of the movement's [i.e., the "so-called Christian Recontructionism"] most vocal proponents, defines Reconstruction in this way: 'A recently articulated philosophy which argues that it is the moral obligation of Christians to recapture every institution for Jesus Christ.' [http://www.libertymagazine.org/article/articleview/243/1/31]
"This idea, also called '''Dominionism''', states that Christians are mandated to gradually occupy all secular institutions until Christ returns. [[Theonomy]] is an even more outrageous close cousin that would like to reinstate the Old Testament civil code, including the penal code. (Most theonomists believe the method of punishment should be adapted to the times, however. So homosexuals and gluttons would die in the electric chair rather than by stoning. What a relief!)" [http://www.libertymagazine.org/article/articleview/243/1/31]
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== SourceWatch Resources ==
== External Resources ==
*Mark Coomer, [http://www.abc-coggc.org/COGGC/gcpublications/jrad/JRAD%206-2-3.htm "Dominionism. Christian International and Personal Prophecy."]
*Katherine Yurica and Laurie Hall, [http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm "The Despoiling of America], . How [[George W. Bush]] became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State," By Katherine Yurica] February 2004: "This article is the documented story of how a political religious movement called Dominionism gained control of the [[Republican Party]], then took over Congress, then took over the White House, and now is sealing the conversion of America to a theocracy by taking over the American Judiciary. It's the story of why and how 'the wrath of God Almighty' will be unleashed against the middle class, against the poor, and against the elderly and sick of this nation by George W. Bush and his army of Republican Dominionist 'rulers'." Also [http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_5160.shtml here].