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Christian Right is a term collectively referring to a spectrum of conservative Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of social values they deem traditional in the United States and other western countries. The terms Christian Right and Religious right are sometimes used interchangeably, although this is problematic (see discussion at Religious right). Christian right - Pejorative sense. The term Christian Right is often used in a derogatory o ...

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• Christian right - Pejorative sense
• Christian right - Benign sense
• Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism
• Christian right - History
• Christian right - Issues
• Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism
• Christian right - Dominionism
• Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism
• Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right
• Christian right - Canada
• Christian right - New Zealand
• Christian right - USA

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Jerome Himmelstein writes that: "The term New Religious Right refers to a set of organizations that emerged in the late 1970s, the Moral Majority (later renamed the Liberty Federation), the Religious Roundtable, and the Christian Voice; their leaders, including Robert Grant, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Ed McAteer; and the movement that these leaders and organizations fostered. Though this movement made a broad, religiously based conservative appeal, its deepest roots and most lasting impact were among white evangelicals and ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

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Fatwas involving violence are more likely to be well-known than other fatwas, especially to non-Muslims. One possible reason is that non-Muslims regard most fatwas as not affecting them, but fatwas involving violence can potentially affect them. List of well-known fatwas - Salman Rushdie. One of the first well-known fatwas was proclaimed in 1989 by the Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, against Salman Rushdie‘s novel The Satanic Verses. The argument related to an ostensibly blasphemous statement ...

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Jerome Himmelstein writes that: "The term New Religious Right refers to a set of organizations that emerged in the late 1970s, the Moral Majority (later renamed the Liberty Federation), the Religious Roundtable, and the Christian Voice; their leaders, including Robert Grant, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Ed McAteer; and the movement that these leaders and organizations fostered. Though this movement made a broad, religiously based conservative appeal, its deepest roots and most lasting impact were among white evangelicals and ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Australia, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - History

Some critics of the Christian Right including Sara Diamond and Frederick Clarkson claim that the Christian Right's political agendas are a form of Dominionism influenced by Dominion Theology and Christian Reconstructionism; the latter two are related philosophies that regard the Bible as the only strictly true reference for civics, government, scientific theory or any scholarly pursuit. Many in the Christian Right oppose this point of view, and no major Christian Right leader has gone on record as advocating Reconstructionism. Accordi ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Dominionism

It should be noted that more militant figures such as Fred Phelps (progenitor of godhatesfags.com) have never had a significant following, and others, such as controversial figures Robert Grant, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who once had built coalitions, made overzealous statements that lost a previously broader base of support. Christian right - Australia. Rev. Fred Nile Sen. Brian Harradine Christian right - Canada. Craig Chandler < ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Australia, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

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National organizations (including the Christian Coalition and Christian Voice) and local churches have engaged in voter registration drives and get-out-the-vote efforts, targeting people likely to vote for Republican candidates and using materials that portray Republicans more favorably than Democrats. [9] The Christian Right has also worked to promote expressly partisan Republican campaigning. For example, during the 2004 campaign, Christian Voice waged a $2.9 million Christian Voter Drive [10]. Their 6,199 Church captains collective ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Australia, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

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Positions labeled "Christian Right", but sometimes held by only a minority of those commonly considered "Christian Right" include: The Pro-Life movement, which advocates stronger regulation or prohibition of abortion, in the belief that abortion constitutes murder; Opposition to euthanasia, in the belief that it is murder; Opposition to same-sex marriage laws by groups such as the Focus on the Family and Traditional Values Coalition in the belief that homosexual behavior is a violation of Christian doctrine and ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Issues

Some critics of the Christian Right including Sara Diamond and Frederick Clarkson claim that the Christian Right's political agendas are a form of Dominionism influenced by Dominion Theology and Christian Reconstructionism; the latter two are related philosophies that regard the Bible as the only strictly true reference for civics, government, scientific theory or any scholarly pursuit. Many in the Christian Right oppose this po ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Dominionism

It should be noted that more militant figures such as Fred Phelps (progenitor of godhatesfags.com) have never had a significant following, and others, such as controversial figures Robert Grant, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who once had built coalitions, made overzealous statements that lost a previously broader base of support. Christian right - Canada. Craig Chandler Michael Coren Stockwell Day Steven Harper Tristan Emmanuel Cheryl Gallant R ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right

Some critics of the Christian Right including Sara Diamond and Frederick Clarkson claim that the Christian Right's political agendas are a form of Dominionism influenced by Dominion Theology and Christian Reconstructionism; the latter two are related philosophies that regard the Bible as the only strictly true reference for civics, government, scientific theory or any scholarly pursuit. Many in the Christian Right oppose this po ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Australia, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Dominionism

Many in the Christian Right refer to apocalyptic and other Biblical prophecy in their support of Israel, and support of Israel is often seen as a matter of biblical doctrine. Israel figures prominently in the school of interpretation of Biblical prophecy called premillennial dispensationalism, which with regard to its political implications contributes significantly to the movement sometimes called Christian Zionism. According to Ribuffo, the Old Christian Right was generally isolationist, while Diamond notes the Christian Righ ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Australia, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism

It should be noted that more militant figures such as Fred Phelps (progenitor of godhatesfags.com) have never had a significant following, and others, such as controversial figures Robert Grant, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who once had built coalitions, made overzealous statements that lost a previously broader base of support. Christian right - Canada. Craig Chandler Michael Coren Stockwell Day Tristan Emmanuel Cheryl Gallant Russ Hiebert Da ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right

Many in the Christian Right refer to apocalyptic and other Biblical prophecy in their support of Israel, and support of Israel is often seen as a matter of biblical doctrine. Israel figures prominently in the school of interpretation of Biblical prophecy called premillennial dispensationalism, which with regard to its political implications contributes significantly to the movement sometimes called Christian Zionism. According to Ribuffo, the Old Christian Right was generally isolationist, while Diamond notes the Christian Righ ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism

Positions labeled "Christian Right", but sometimes held by only a minority of those commonly considered "Christian Right" include: The Pro-Life movement, which advocates stronger regulation or prohibition of abortion, in the belief that abortion constitutes murder; Opposition to euthanasia, in the belief that it is murder; Opposition to same-sex marriage laws by groups such as the Focus on the Family and Traditional Values Coalition in the belief that homosexual behavior is a violation of Christian doctrine and ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Australia, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Issues

National organizations (including the Christian Coalition and Christian Voice) and local churches have engaged in voter registration drives and get-out-the-vote efforts, targeting people likely to vote for Republican candidates and using materials that portray Republicans more favorably than Democrats. [9] The Christian Right has also worked to promote expressly partisan Republican campaigning. For example, during the 2004 campaign, Christian Voice waged a $2.9 million Christian Voter Drive [10]. Their 6,199 Church captains collective ...

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Christian right, Christian right - Pejorative sense, Christian right - Benign sense, Christian right - Theological versus Political conservatism, Christian right - History, Christian right - Issues, Christian right - U.S. foreign policy and Christian Zionism, Christian right - Dominionism, Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism, Christian right - Notable persons and organizations said to be members of the Christian Right, Christian right - Canada, Christian right - New Zealand, Christian right - USA

Read more here: » Christian right: Encyclopedia II - Christian right - Pro-Republican political activism