Christian Reconstructionism

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:coreBelief dominion theology
application of Old Testament law to modern society
postmillennial eschatology
theonomy
gptkbp:criticizedFor advocacy of biblical law as civil law
alleged support for theocracy
controversial views on religious pluralism
gptkbp:emergedIn 1960s
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:R._J._Rushdoony
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christian Reconstructionism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:homeschooling_movement
gptkb:Christian_education_movement
political activism among conservative Christians
some segments of the Christian Right
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkb:Calvinism
gptkb:Theonomy
gptkb:Postmillennialism
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Greg_Bahnsen
gptkb:David_Chilton
gptkb:Gary_North
gptkb:Kenneth_Gentry
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Christianity_and_the_State
gptkb:Theonomy_in_Christian_Ethics
Institutes of Biblical Law
gptkbp:opposedBy secular organizations
mainstream Reformed churches
gptkbp:region gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Chalcedon_Foundation
Institute for Christian Economics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Christian_Right
gptkb:Theonomy
gptkb:Dominionism
gptkbp:teaches postmillennialism
Christianity should influence all areas of life
God's law is binding for all people
biblical law should be the standard for civil law
civil government should enforce biblical law
family and church as primary institutions
opposition to secular humanism
gptkbp:viewOnEconomics biblical principles for economics
gptkbp:viewOnEducation Christian education preferred over secular
gptkbp:viewOnEschatology postmillennialism
gptkbp:viewOnGovernment limited government under biblical law
gptkbp:viewOnLaw moral and civil laws of Old Testament are still valid
gptkbp:viewOnPluralism critical of religious pluralism
gptkbp:viewOnSalvation Reformed theology
gptkbp:viewOnSociety Christian dominion over all spheres
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:R._J._Rushdoony
gptkb:Reformed_Theology
gptkb:Communion_of_Reformed_Evangelical_Churches
gptkb:Gary_North
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7