Dominion Theology, Christian Reconstructionism, Theonomy
They are Augustinian, Lutheranistic, Calvinist, Postmilleinialist (or Amillenialist)
They reject Antimonialism.
Related to racism, KKK, Calvinism, British Israelism, Reformation,
Nazism, Augustinianism, Puritanism, and Mormonism.
They believe that the New Testament teaches us that unless exceptions are revealed elsewhere every Old Testament commandment is binding, even as the standard of justice for all magistrates, including every recompense stipulated for civil offenses in the law of Moses.
Their goal is the developed Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem, a world order under God's law. They believe fulfillment of God's covenant is their great commission: to subdue all things and all nations to Christ and His law-word. Note the word "subdue" not evangelize.
This doctrine is Antichrist.
British Israelism
It is also referred to as Anglo-Israelism. Basically it is the unscriptural theory. It is also referred to as Anglo-Israelism. Basically it is the unscriptural theory that Britain and the United States constitute the ten lost tribes of Israel who were carried away as captives by the Assyrians in 722 B.C. The advocates of this view teach that the Kingdom of Israel (consisting of ten tribes after their separation from the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin in the days of Rehoboam - I Kings 12:21) never returned to Israel after Assyrian captivity as did Judah and Benjamin after their 70 years' captivity in Babylon.
"The ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) are "lost" after their capture by the Assyrians in 722 B.C. Through intermarriage with other nations, their unique national identity is "lost". Great Britain and the USA [including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] are believed to be the Anglo-Saxon ancestors of the tribes Ephraim and Manasseh (predominantly), so it may be inferred by British- Israelism that white, English speaking people are really the chosen people of God.
It is also believed that the Jews who were living in Israel at the time of Christ are now under a curse for rejecting the Messiah. The Israelites (the lost 10 tribes) now become the inheritors of God's promises. Ephraim and Manasseh (the two sons of Joseph) are the major inheritors of the title "Israelites" along with the other eight tribes whose descendants are spread in other parts of the world. Because of this dispersal, it is believed that the Queen of England now sits on the throne of David.
This theory was first put forward around the year 1519.. As with all cults, once an unscriptural perspective has been taken, the next step is to find a scripture which will support that doctrine. The key verses for British Israelism is 2 Kings 17:18-23.
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 2Kings 17:18
Note that Judah is the only tribe in existence today.
I included British Israelism here because it and this page subject tend to be racist and anti-women which are both trends that I oppose.
Christian Reconstructionism: Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence, Frederick Clarkson
Common Bounty or Common Grace? Engelsma's review of North's: Dominion and Common Grace.
A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, David J. Engelsma
Theonomy and the Dating of Revelation, Robert L. Thomas
Testing the Foundations of Theonomy and Reconstruction, J. Esmond Birnie
The Gospel of Christian Restitution, Paul Thibodeau
Of Civil Government, John Calvin
Of the Law of God, Westminster Confession of Faith
The Divine Law of Political Israel Expired, Sherman Isbell
Moses' Law for Modern Government: The Intellectual and Sociological Origins of the Christian Reconstructionist Movement, J. Ligon Duncan, III
Theonomy: A Reformed Baptist Assessment, Samuel E. Waldron
Against Christian Politics , Richard John Neuhaus
Biblical Theocracy, Stephen Palmquist
The Warring Visions of the Religious Right, Harvey Cox
Who Is Wrong? A Review of John Gerstner's Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, Richard L. Mayhue
Quotations that Support the Separation of State and Church
Rodney Clapp, "Democracy as Heresy," Christianity Today (Feb. 20, 1987), pp. 17-23. A basic overview.
John Frame, "The Institutes of Biblical Law: A Review Article," Westminster Theological Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2, (Winter 1976), pp. 195-217. A Reformed perspective.
Meredith G. Kline, "Comments on an Old-New Error," Westminster Theological Journal, Vol. 41, No. 1, (Fall, 1978), pp. 172-189. Considered the classical refutation.
Christopher Wright, "The Ethical Authority of the Old Testament: A Survey of Approaches: Part I," Tyndale
The 'central document' of Christian Reconstructionism is: Rushdoony, R.J., The Institutes of Biblical law (New Jersey: Craig Press, 1973). Also see Volume II, Law and Society (CA: Ross House Books, 1982).
Barker, William S. and Godfrey, W. Robert (ed.), Theonomy: A Reformed Critique (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990). The best one volume critique of Theonomy, but of quite uneven quality. The essays were written by the Westminster Theological Seminary's faculty.
Barron, Bruce, Heaven on Earth? The Social and Political Agendas of Dominion Theology (Zondervan, 1992). An out of print well researched expose on dominion theology.
House, H. Wayne and Ice, Thomas, Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse? (Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1988). A good general overview and discussion of Reconstructionism.
Hunt, Dave, Whatever Happened to Heaven? (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1988). A dispensationalist critique by a popular but anti-catholic Christian author.
Lindsey, Hal, The Road to Holocaust (New York: Bantam Books, 1989). Argues that postmillennialism leads to anti-Semitism and the creation of the Holocaust. Overkill.
Poythress, Vern, The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses (New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1991). Interacts with Theonomy. Makes substantial improvements.
Bright, John, The Authority of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1967).
Bruce, F.F., The Christian Approach to the Old Testament (London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1955).
Wright, Christopher, An Eye for An Eye: The Place of Old Testament Ethics Today (Published as Living as the People of God in England), (Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1983). Out of print. For current titles, see: Christopher J. H. Wright
(The literature is enormous. Cf. Gerhard Hasel: Old Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate; Henning Graf Reventlow: Problems of Old Testament Theology in the Twentieth Century.)
Eichrodt, Walther, Theology of the Old Testament, Trans. by J.A. Baker, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1961).
Kitchen, Kenneth Anderson, Ancient Orient and Old Testament (London: Inter-Varsity Press, 1966).
Rad, Gerhard von, Old Testament Theology, Trans. by D.M.G. Stalker, 2 vols. (New York: Harper and Row, 1962).
Wright, George Ernest, The Old Testament and Theology (New York: Harper and Row, 1969).
Niebuhr, Reinhold, The Nature and Destiny of Man (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953). Generally regarded as the most important Protestant political thinker this century.
Niebuhr, Reinhold, Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932).
Ellul, Jacques, The Politics of God and the Politics of Man, Trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972).
Ellul, Jacques, The Subversion of Christianity, Trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986).
Sanders, E.P., Paul and Palestinian Judaism (Fortress Press, 1977).
Sanders, E.P., Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (Fortress Press, 1983).
Westerholm, Stephen, Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988).
Wright, N.T., The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992). Bright, John, A History of Israel (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1981).
Bright, John, The Kingdom of God (New York: Abingdon, 1953).
Limburg, James, The Prophets and the Powerless (Georgia: John Knox Press, 1977).
Tannehill, Robert C, Dying and Rising with Christ: a study in Pauline theology (Berlin: Topelman, 1966).
Tierney, Brian, The Crisis of Church and State: 1050-1300 (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1964).