On Earth As It Is in Heaven
Description
This program explores Christian Reconstructionism, a powerful grassroots movement that urges believers to become politically active in order to create a worldview where the Bible is the basis for all government, laws, and economic systems. The movement offers an all-encompassing view on how to run a government, an economy, or one's personal life. Host Bill Moyers says the mainstream press has ignored the growth of Christian Reconstructionism just as it ignored the growth of the alliance of the political right with the religious right, until Ronald Reagan and Jerry Falwell joined forces on the national stage. But the Christian Reconstructionists are a potentially far more significant influence, Moyers believes. "Americans generally may have heard little of this movement so far," he says, "but they will hear much in the years to come. These new 'Christian soldiers' have enlisted for a long campaign.
Runtime
60 min
Series
Subjects
- Christianity (216)
- Political participation (340)
- Church and state (13)
- Religions (331)
- Christianity and politics (49)
Contributor
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c1994
Database
Films on Demand
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