What exactly is the influence of Christian Reconstructionism on the Christian Right? @FredClarkson breaks it down:

“A key, if not exclusively Reconstructionist, doctrine uniting many evangelicals is the ‘dominion mandate,’ also called the ‘cultural mandate.’

1/ This concept derives from the Book of Genesis and God's direction to ‘subdue’ the earth and exercise ‘dominion’ over it.

While much of Reconstructionism, as one observer put it, ‘dies the death of a thousand qualifications,’ the commitment to dominion

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What exactly causes religious trauma syndrome? According to expert Dr Marlene Winell:

“Authoritarianism coupled with toxic theology which is received and reinforced at church, school, and home results in:

1. Suppression of normal childhood development;

1/ 2. Damage to normal thinking and feeling abilities;
3. External locus of control (revealed vs discovered knowledge);
4. Physical & sexual abuse, patriarchal power.”

So how does the “cycle of abuse” in RTS actually work? She explains:

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Christian nationalism has some disturbing roots in slavery & segregation.

1. Rushdoony drew from the work of 19th-century slavery apologist Dabney.

The Bible supports slavery; Africans were fortunate to encounter western civilisation and Christianity, he argued.

1/ Also: the Civil War arose because the South was a bastion of Christian orthodoxy, not as a result of slavery!

Much of this argument can be found in homeschooling curriculum, and the position of David Barton of WallBuilders.

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Many American evangelicals have been influenced by "dominion theology." What is it? Frederick Clarkson explains:

"Dominionism is the theocratic idea that regardless of theological camp, means, or timetable,

1/ God has called conservative Christians to exercise dominion over society by taking control of political and cultural institutions."

Trisha Tillin further states they believe that "Jesus cannot or will not return to the earth...

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