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Sara Diamond and Frederick Clarkson have also argued that Christian Reconstructionism played a major role in pushing the Christian Right to adopt a more aggressive dominionist stance.[http://zena.secureforum.com/Znet/zmag/articles/feb95diamond.htm] [http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html].
Clarkson, Frederick. 1997. ''Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy.'' Monroe, Maine: Common Courage.
*Frederick Clarkson, [http://www.grailwerk.com/docs/publiceye01.htm "Christian Reconstructionism: Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence." Part I: "Overview and Roots"]; [http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre2.html Part II: "A Generation of Reconstructionists"]; [http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre3.html Part III: "No Longer Without Sheep"]; and [http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre4.html Part IV: "A Covert Kingdom,"]''Public Eye Magazine'', March and June 1994.
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[[Chip Berlet]] argued in 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."
Some evangelical Christians, however, are skeptical that such doctrines exert much direct influence on the Bush adminstration's specific policies. [[Alan Jacobs]], a professor of English at [[Wheaton College]], Illinois, writes:
Diamond, Sara. 1995. ''Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States.'' New York: Guilford Press.
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*[http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/ChRecon.html Christian Reconstructionism], Chalcedon Foundation, 1997.
*John Scott, [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4531.htm "Christian Zionism: Dispensationalism And The Roots Of Sectarian Theology. A History of Dispensational Approaches,"] ''informationaclearinghouse.com'', no date.
*Clyde Lewis, [http://www.clydelewis.com/dis/gogmagog2/gogmagog2.htm "Gog and Magog Protocol II. The Rise of Luciferian Dominionism,"] ''clydelewis.com'', 2003.
*[http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/cor/notes_on.htm "Notes on Reconstructionism. Roots of a New 'Christian' Inquisition?,"] ''Biblical Discernment Ministries'', revised October 2003. Also see [http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/amr/camer.htm "'Christian' America. A Myth That Won't Die"].
