Gary North

"The Scopes Trial, in 1925, of a high school biology teacher (John T. Scopes), who was accused of violating the Butler Act (a Tennessee law which forbade the teaching of the Theory of Evolution in public schools because it was not in agreement with the bible), received international publicity and came to be known as the Scopes Monkey Trials (an allusion, it seems, to the popular but mistaken notion of Evolution that human biological ancestors were monkeys).

"On May 21, Texas School Board member Cynthia Dunbar opened the board’s meeting with an invocation: “Whether we look to the first charter of Virginia, or the charter of New England, or the charter of Massachusetts Bay, or the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the same objective is present—a Christian land governed by Christian principles.”

"What would a Reconstructionist America look like?  Meet Bobby Franklin and his pastor and advocate Rev. Joseph Morecraft.  In my recent article The Rise of Charismatic Dominionism, I quoted a 1994 series of articles by Frederick Clarkson in The Public Eye which included a section subtitled "The Wrath of Morecraft."  Rev.

"Following the fold is a list of quotes from Rushdoony's books and other Christian nationalist texts, provided as documentation to accompany Bruce Wilson's recent article on Glenn Beck's promotion of the worldview which teaches this treatment of the issue of slavery.  When Rousas J.

"There is nothing new about Tea Party ideology as can be seen in an examination of fundamentalist textbooks used to teach students in some private schools and homeschooling. The Tea Party's "Christian Libertarianism" is a creative repackaging of narratives that have become increasingly popular over the last three decades.  These narratives blend radical free market ideology with theocratic ideology.  In other words, regulatory powers of the federal government would be eradicated and the void would be filled and society controlled through adherence to biblical law."

"Joel's Army followers, many of them teenagers and young adults who believe they're members of the final generation to come of age before the end of the world, are breaking away in droves from mainline Pentecostal churches. Numbering in the tens of thousands, they base their beliefs on an esoteric reading of the second chapter of the Old Testament Book of Joel, in which an avenging swarm of locusts attacks Israel. In their view, the locusts are a metaphor for Joel's Army.

"The First Prince of the Theocratic States of America

It happened quietly, with barely a mention in the media.

In a politico-religious context, dominionism (also called subjectionism^[1]) is the tendency among some conservative

"Much has been made of the "stealth tactics" practiced by the Christian Right. Whereas the Moral Majority, led by Jerry Falwell, was overt about its Christian agenda, many contemporary Christian Rightists have lowered their religious profile or gone under cover. In fact, these tactics have been refined for years by the Reconstructionist movement, as Robert Thoburn's education strategy suggests.

"Reconstructionism had been of interest to few outside the evangelical community until the early 1990s, when its political significance began to emerge. At the same time that the Coalition on Revival provided a catalyst (and a cover) for the discussion, dissemination, and acceptance of Reconstructionist doctrine, these ideas have percolated up through a wide swath of American Protestantism. Nowhere, however, is Reconstructionism (sometimes known as dominionism) having a more dramatic impact than in Pentecostal and charismatic churches.