Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. religion A Protestant evangelical theology rooted in the writings of John Nelson Darby.
Etymologies
- dispensational + -ism (Wiktionary)
Examples
“While not initially distinguishable, the theology that became known as dispensationalism was increasingly evident during this period.”
“The neo-cons might not believe in dispensationalism, but even if I don’t believe in your theory as to how I’m gonna die, if you want me dead, I’m not gonna drink the kool-aid you give me.”
“Very few clergy have been brave enough to denounce the rapture heresy and expose the hypocrisy of "dominionism" and "dispensationalism" - associated beliefs, that support America's right to rule the world, and the right of its adherents to sin with impunity.”
“Variously called dispensationalism, dominionism, and prosperity theology, it is a uniquely American point of view.”
“All three, after all, adhere to an eschatology known as dispensationalism: the belief that the world will end in a cataclysm during which Christians will be "raptured," nonbelievers destroyed, and Christ will return to earth.”
“The pastor adheres to a conservative theology called dispensationalism, believing that the return of Jews to Israel has fulfilled a biblical prophesy, which will lead to the return of Jesus Christ.”
“To call dispensationalism "gnostic" is a shot below the belt no matter how you slice the bread.”
“No, the Israel question, obviously, is not a foreign policy question at all, but rather an elucidation of Palin's fairly peculiar sect of American premillenial dispensationalism, which is "Christian" in name only.”
“We notice that creationism often entails "dispensationalism" — the demented belief that there is no point in preserving nature, because the Deity will soon replace it with a perfected form.”
“His "dispensationalism" would lend Christian Zionism its greatest strength, though Darby himself was not part of that movement.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dispensationalism’.
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Postscripture ✞
Terms associated with the Christianity, The Bible, etc. I have a related, but more narrow list called Imbible Code.
A related list is Words Associated With Jesus.apostole, pharaoh, sodom, babel, sabbath, baptize, cherub, elohim, lapsarian, crucifixion, nephilim, hosanna and 195 more...
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Pretentious Christianese
"Religious" words that make you sound like a pretentious jerk no matter how appropriate their application. Essentially any word you can use as an excuse not to actually have a real conversation. =)
christophany, hermeneutics, exegesis, exegete, theophany, epistle, bibliology, sola scriptura, exposition, apocalyptic, apocrypha, transubstantiation and 25 more...
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mager's Words
enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
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Theological Words
a priori, adiaphora, advent, agnosticism, amillennialism, anabaptists, postmillennialism, angel, animism, annihilationism, anthropic principle, anthropomorphic and 96 more...
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List of ISMs
theism, monotheism, premillennialism, postmillennialism, millennialism, calvinism, arminianism, skepticism, reductionism, mysticism, pantheism, rationalism and 48 more...
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jwppsa's Words
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