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  • noun A supporter of dominionism.

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dominion +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • This paper is a brief overview of the three main dominionist movements operating inside evangelicaldom and examines how all three of these sects are now converging around a global “kingdom” agenda.

    Theocratic Sect Prays for Real Armageddon 2008

  • Engle is an unabashed "dominionist" - someone who thinks the church, under the leadership of modern-day apostles like him, should rule over government and other institutions of society.

    Right Wing Watch 2008

  • For instance I knew the founders of the so-called dominionist or "reconstruction" wing of our movement personally, people like the late Reverend Rousas John Rushdoony the father of "Christian Reconstructionism" and the modern Christian home school movement.

    Frank Schaeffer: The Real Lesson Of Iran -- Beware America's Republican Mullahs 2009

  • So if Hector sees pagan ancient Rome as an Yglesian cosmopolitan hipster state from two millenia ago, and if the USA is the Roman Empire of the late second and early third millenia, then copying the Roman model would mean that decline would mostly happen under a revitalized Christian dominionist polity.

    Matthew Yglesias » What Would The Roman Empire Do? 2009

  • * A Joint Terrorism Task Force raided a Christian dominionist militia group in three states last night, allegedly for threats made against Islamic organizations.

    Monday « Gerry Canavan 2010

  • I would feel much safer with him than with Barrett, another in a long line of repiggie tools just busting to establish a dominionist evangelical theocracy.

    Think Progress » GOP plans on reintroducing legislation to ban and deport immigrants from ‘terrorist’ countries. 2010

  • From Michelle Bachmann's reading list of obscure, purportedly "dominionist" authors, to Rick Perry's preemptive prayer service before announcing his candidacy, to Mitt Romney's Mormonism, the current slate of candidates gives rise to a plethora of fascinating religious considerations.

    Jonathan D. Fitzgerald: The Necessary Mix Of Religion And Politics Jonathan D. Fitzgerald 2011

  • Just because Fischer doesn't work for the American Dominionist Association doesn't mean he isn't advocating dominionist beliefs.

    Warren Throckmorton, Ph.D.: Dominionism? What Dominionism? Ph.D. Warren Throckmorton 2011

  • From Michelle Bachmann's reading list of obscure, purportedly "dominionist" authors, to Rick Perry's preemptive prayer service before announcing his candidacy, to Mitt Romney's Mormonism, the current slate of candidates gives rise to a plethora of fascinating religious considerations.

    Jonathan D. Fitzgerald: The Necessary Mix Of Religion And Politics Jonathan D. Fitzgerald 2011

  • * A Joint Terrorism Task Force raided a Christian dominionist militia group in three states last night, allegedly for threats made against Islamic organizations.

    March « 2010 « Gerry Canavan 2010

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