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Christian reconstructionists [who?] object to the "dominionism" and the "dominion theology" labels, which they say misrepresent their views. Some separate Christian cultural and political movements object to being described with the label "dominionism", because in their mind the word implies attachment to reconstructionism.
In short, he sought to cast a vision for the reconstruction of society based on Christian principles. [29] The book was critical of democracy. He wrote that "the heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state ... Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies" because democracy asserts the will of man over the will of God.
Christ of culture. For the cultural Christian, history is the story of the Spirit's encounter with nature. Christ above culture. For the synthesist, history is a period of preparation under law, reason, gospel, and church for an ultimate communion of the soul with God. Christ and culture in paradox.
The Chalcedon Foundation describes itself as a Christian educational organization oriented toward promoting Christian reconstruction, emphasizing the Cultural or Dominion Mandate. [11] The Foundation's founder, Rousas John Rushdoony, who is known as “father of Christian Reconstruction” theology, [ 5 ] advocated the imposition of Old ...
On the other hand, a reconstructionist neopagan views historical accuracy as a means to the end of establishing a harmonious relationship between a belief-community and the gods. In short, the guiding principles of the reconstructionist approach to the practice of pre-Christian religion can be broken down as follows:
Theonomy (from Greek theos "God" and nomos "law") is a hypothetical Christian form of government in which divine law governs societies. [1] Theonomists hold that societies should observe divine law, particularly the Old Testament’s judicial laws. [2]
2002 Christianity and African Culture, Nairobi: Acton. (New edition of African Heritage and Contemporary Christianity). 1996 Religion and Social Construction of Reality, Nairobi University Press; 1995 From Liberation to Reconstruction: African Christian Theology after the Cold War, Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers
Christian Reconstructionism, a Calvinistic theological-political movement; Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism, a revival of ancient Greek religion; Polytheistic reconstructionism, an approach to modern paganism; Reconstructionist Judaism, a modern American-based Jewish movement; Zalmoxianism, a rebirth of ancient Dacian religion