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Attack on The United Churches of Christ

Attack on The United Methodist Church

"The Christian Right, Dominionism, and Theocracy", by Chip Berlet

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"Taking Over The Republican Party", a four part series by Joan Bokaer

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Case Study: Sarah Palin and the New Apostolic Movement

Case Study: Left Behind Book Series and Game

Series by Jonathan Hutson:

The Purpose Driven Life Takers (Part 1)
Violent Video Marketed Through Mega-Churches (Part 2)
Revelation and Resignation (Part 3)
Christian Cadre's Layman: 'A Whopper of Being Wrong' (Part 4)
Apocalypse, Now a Lawsuit (Part 5)
Who's Watching the Boys? (Part 6)
Conservative Christian Culture Warriors Cut and Run (Part 7)
Bible Publisher Tyndale House Faces Boycott Over Anti-Christian Game (Part 8)

Case Study: The World According to Tim LaHaye

Part One: Hunting Down the Enemies
Part Two: Pre-Trib Perspectives
Part Three: Satanic Secular Humanism
Part Four: Secular Humanism as False Religion
Part Five: The Secular Humanist Web
Part Six: The Council for National Policy
Part Seven: Humanists Attack the Family
Part Eight: The Age Old Conspiracy
"Left Behind Video Reflects Bigoted Apocalyptic Violence of Original Fiction Series," (6/12/2006)
"LaHaye and Jenkins: Why is the Criticism Left Behind? "

Dominionism



Reprise: From Reconstructionism to Dominionism, Part 1

Reprise: From Reconstructionism to Dominionism, Part 2

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Spiritual Warfare

Palin in My Prayer Group, Says Witchcraft-Fighting "Spiritual Warfare" Leader

Broward County Mayors Show Off Anti-Gay "Spiritual Warfare" Troops

Left Behind: Eternal Forces Teaches "Spiritual Warfare" and "Verbal Defence"

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Apocalypticism

Islam: Christian Fundamentalism's Antichrist Du Jour

Hagee Still Sells Controversial 2005 'God Sent Hitler' Sermon, Apologizes To ADL For Wrong Sermon

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  • Bibliography
    (Political Research Associates/Publiceye.org)
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    • Conspiracism

    Top Ten Conspiracy Theories of the Christian Right

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  • Bibliography
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    • Christian Zionism

    Militant Settler Group to Guide Huckabee and Hikind to Western Wall

    WND Puffs Bizarre Jerusalem Temple Theory


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    Attacking Public Education

    Shadow War: the battle for mainstream faith
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    War on Judicial Independence

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    Attack on The United Churches of Christ

    Attack on The United Methodist Church

    "The Christian Right, Dominionism, and Theocracy", by Chip Berlet, Parts One - Two - Three - Four - Five



    "Taking Over The Republican Party", a four part series by Joan Bokaer:

    The Woman in A Mink Coat
    While We Were sleeping
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    Under Cover of Night

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