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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]
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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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"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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[[Chip Berlet]], [[American Civil Liberties Union]] Archive, from January 16, 1996: "Reconstructionism is a theology that argues that only Christian men should rule civil society. It has a softer related theology called dominionism. ... '''Dominionism''' in general threatens the Church/State separation so vital to our democracy as a pluralist society. Groups such as the [[Christian Coalition]] really have adopted many of the tenets of Dominionism, and some key Christian right leaders are close to Reconstructionism, which thinks that the U.S. Constitution is a sub-document overruled by Old Testament Biblical Laws."
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