Dominionism (also called subjectionism) the tendency among some
conservative politically-active Christians, especially in the
United States, to seek influence or control over secular civil
government through political action—aiming either at a nation
governed by Christians, or a nation governed by a conservative
Christian understanding of biblical law. The use and application
of this terminology is a matter of controversy. And God blessed
[ Adam and Eve ] and God said unto them, "Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
—Genesis 1:28 (KJV) A longstanding usage of dominionism among
social scientists and legal scholars describes a Biblical
argument in favor of anthropocentrism, a favoring of the rights
and interests of humans in relation to environmentalism and/or
animal rights. This usage is not the primary focus of this
article. Dominion Theology is a gro