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→Theological critique: new subhead ==The Christer controversy==
Likewise, Bob DeWaay, a conservative Evangelical preacher from Minneapolis, argues the Dominionists strain to make biblical passages conform with their theology. "It is remarkable how much emphasis is placed on Genesis 1:26-28 as being a mandate to rule over cultures and human institutions in a fallen world when at the time that Adam was given this mandate, no such cultures existed and the world was not fallen. The text says nothing about cultures or subjugating other people." [http://cicministry.org/scholarly/sch001.htm]
Likewise, Bob DeWaay, a conservative Evangelical preacher from Minneapolis, argues the Dominionists strain to make biblical passages conform with their theology. "It is remarkable how much emphasis is placed on Genesis 1:26-28 as being a mandate to rule over cultures and human institutions in a fallen world when at the time that Adam was given this mandate, no such cultures existed and the world was not fallen. The text says nothing about cultures or subjugating other people." [http://cicministry.org/scholarly/sch001.htm]
==The "Christer" controversy==
On 29-30 April 2005 a gathering was held at the publicly funded College University of New York (CUNY) <ref>[http://lists.ucla.edu/pipermail/religionlaw/2005-June/018692.html ''Public university sponsorship of conference on "Examining the Real Agenda of the Christian Right"'']</ref> of radical leftists to discuss the "real agenda of the Christian right" and to "develop stategies to defeat them". One of the speakers, Katherine Yurica, told the conference the Republican Party had gained power through "Hitlerian tactics" and that evangelical leaders from Billy Graham to Jerry Falwell "had to have read Hitler’s Mein Kampf." <ref>*[http://www.ird-renew.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=fvKVLfMVIsG&b=494491&ct=928973 ''President Bush Called “Evil,” Evangelicals Equated With Nazis at NCC-Supported Conference''], John Lomperis, The Institute on Religion and Democracy. </ref> Chip Berlet, a Notable Wikipedian and author of Wikipedia's "Dominionist" series, said Christians have an irrational "hodgepodge of sexual subversion and social chaos" that is "motivated by fundamentalist Christian doctrines like Triumphalism and Dominionism, which order Christians to take over the secular state." <ref>*[http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/06/the_new_blackli.html ''The New Blacklist: Corporate America Caves In to the Christers''], Doug Ireland, June 09, 2005.</ref> During a panel discussion debating appropriate pejoritives to employ, such as ''Christers'' or ''Theocons'', Berlet suggested ''Religious Supremacist'' and ''Christian Supremacist''.
Stanley Kurtz of the ''National Review'' reported on the conference. In Kurtz's words what was discussed was the Religious Rights desire to "suppress other religions through genocide and mass murder...reestablish slavery. ...reduce women to near-slavery by making them property, first of their fathers, and then of their husbands. ...execute anyone found guilty of pre-martial, extramaritial, or homosexual sex. ...to bring back the death penalty for witchcraft." <ref>*[http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200505020944.asp ''Dominionist Domination, The Left runs with a wild theory.''] Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online, May 02, 2005.</ref> Christians soon reacted to the hate, bigotry, and distortions coming out of the conference <ref>*[http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/092627.php#092627 ''The "Christer" Controversy''], Rhymes With Right, June 16, 2005.</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==