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What is it About Uganda? Bachmann Campaign Faith-Based Organizer Arrested There in 2006
Waldron was quoted in an article in Uganda's Daily Monitor after his arrest in 2006.
"It struck me that, for many Americans of faith, Uganda - a country where homosexuality and abortion are outlawed, where politicians freely mix church and state, and where outward displays of religious devotion are the norm - represents a kind of haven." Richard Bartholomew describes Waldron.
His theology draws explicitly on Rousas Rushdoony and Christian Reconstructionism, and libertarian rhetoric is put at the service of a theocratic agenda. Dominionists act upon their belief that government and society should be ruled according to biblical law. American Dominionists seem drawn to Uganda, as if it were some kind of laboratory for experiments to be repeated in other places. Jeff Sharlet observed this in his research for his books The Family and C Street House, which documented the activities of this American-based religio-political fraternity of politicians and power brokers. As noted by Richard Bartholomew, Waldron is a Christian Reconstructionist, but Charismatic Dominionists have also been swarming Uganda for years. The Charismatic brand of Dominionism of the New Apostolic Reformation has the same agenda as Christian Reconstructionism, but more followers and better packaging and public relations. Despite significant differences in their theology, both brands of Dominionism teach that Christians have a mandate to take control over the institutions of society and government.
Waldron is the author of the 1987 book Rebuilding the Walls: A Biblical Strategy for Restoring America's Greatness. In an interview in 2009 Waldron stated that "Biblical principles are eternal and the principles that are applied and referenced in this book are principles that must be applied to today in light of the recent election. As a consequence of the turn of our nation to socialism, away from our historic democracy, our republic, our free enterprise, our capitalist system, these principles are needed today." The foreword of the book is by George Grant, now known for his statement, "Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ -- to have dominion in civil structures, just as in every other aspect of life and godliness. Bartholomew also points out that Peter Waldron was on the steering committee of Coalition on Revival and part of Dennis Peacocke's Anatole Fellowship. The latter was a project for the purpose of gaining influence in the Republican Party, as reported in Sarah Diamond's book Spiritual Warfare. The Coalition on Revival (COR) brought together Religious Right figures from many different theological backgrounds. In the 1980s, they produced a set of Worldview Documents laying a ideological foundation for activism to take authority over 17 various areas of culture and government. The Coalition on Revival included several Charismatic leaders who are now a part of the New Apostolic Reformation, including Dennis Peacocke and Bob Weiner, formerly head of Maranatha Campus Ministries. C. Peter Wagner is listed as a signer of the COR's Christian Manifesto for the Church. The concept advanced in the COR's 17 Worldview Documents, has now been simplified by apostles of the New Apostolic Reformation into the Seven Mo | |||||||||||
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