Episodes 12 & 13: Seven Mountain Dominionism

6/16/2016

Join Danny as he welcomes Jay Eldred back to the show. Jay first brought up the subject of Christian Dominionism in our previous episode about David Barton. That topic seemed to warrant its own show, so here we are.

Defined broadly, Dominionism is the ideology that Christians need to infiltrate and control the 7 "Mountains" of secular social institutions: Family, Religion, Education, Media, Entertainment, Business, and Government.

[Joe Carter, writing at First Things], has suggested that the very concept of a Christian Plot against America (I love Philip Roth) is conspiratorial nonsense. To the degree that there is an organized, concerted effort to enact a specific agenda, I agree with Carter. What his claim misses, however, is the fact that these Dominionist ideas are at their most dangerous not when they are attached to an organization, but when they manifest as un-examined theological beliefs within Christian popular culture. This episode explores that aspect of Dominionism.

Here are some links to subjects covered in the two-part show:

The 7 Cultural Mountains Website
The David Barton School of Political Science
American Pharoah as Dominionist prophet. (Yes, the horse).
Benny Hinn as Sith Lord
Donald Trump Annointed by God

Suggested Resources:
John Fea on the Dominionist style of Ted Cruz
John Fea's blog: The Way of Improvement
A Christianity Today rebuttal to Fea's argument

Chris Gehrz's The Pietist Schoolman
The Anxious Bench

And last but not least, check out Jay's blog!
Running in My Head

9 Comments

Jay link

6/16/2016 11:12:47 am

To be fair, my blog isn't just about running (in fact, I haven't written about running in a LONG time) so don't let that deter anyone.

My blog is a place I go to be generally non-academic. I write about things that annoy me, talk about books I'm reading, run a biweekly writing challenge, share photographs, and practice my own writing.

Danny link

6/16/2016 11:35:01 am

Oops! My bad. Running is a controlling metaphor for the blog, let's say! You're awesome, Jay.

Chris E

6/21/2016 01:59:25 pm

Jay confuses amillenials with post-millenials. Amillennialism doesn't believe in a golden millenial at the end of the age.

Danny

6/27/2016 12:47:04 pm

You seem to be correct, Chris. Jay recorded an acknowledgement of this for part two of the show. I put it right at the beginning. Thanks for responding!

6/27/2016 02:06:44 pm

Not sure whether to followup on episode 12 on this thread, or wait till the next post (you combined the previous podcasts by subject):

A couple of groups that don't seem to have crossed your radar;

Christian Reconstructionism - whose founder Rushdoony has indirectly influenced a lot of seven mountain thinkers).

Related to this, some post-millenials like Doug Wilson, who would be follow a defacto 7 mountains path because of the way in which they seek to affect culture.

Secondly, the connection with the New Apostolic Reformation movement and people like Rick Joyner.

Finally, would it be possible to make your facebook group closed? The problem with leaving it open is that it's harder to be speculative - as you then have to answer to your even more conservative christian friends :)

6/28/2016 11:09:25 am

Thanks Chris. These are great points and exactly the kinds of feedback that makes this show worth doing for me. I will definitely look into those aspects of the topic that we missed, if only for my own edification.

As for the private group thing. If you're really interested. Message the public Facebook page and I can give you some details about a private discussion group that already exists. The more the merrier!

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9/28/2016 08:02:09 pm

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9/28/2016 08:11:10 pm

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it; spread the word about the show!

Brett Chase

11/18/2016 11:40:21 am

It seems to be that the spirit of "dominionism" is also alive and well on the left. I.e., this is not merely a "conservative" movement. And because of that, "dominionism" is more mainstream that what we find on the fringe-right.

For example, Walter Rauschenbusch and his book "A Theology for the Social Gospel" provided a framework for subsequent efforts (especially in mainline protestant groups) to take over some of the very same mountains of government, business, families, education, religion, arts/culture, and the media. The rhetoric uses a different vocabulary, but I see very similar ambitions in terms of cultural influence and control in the name of Jesus and his Church.

Episodes 12 & 13: Seven Mountain Dominionism

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