Conference on Dominionism: October in New York

The Graduate Center, City University of New York and The New York Open Center will once again collaborate to present: Dominionism, Political Power, and the Theocratic Right.

Dominionism is an influential form of fundamentalist religion that believes that in order to fulfill biblical prophecy, "godly Christians" must take control of the levers of political and judicial power in America in the near future.

FEATURING: Chip Berlet, Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates; co-author, Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort; Frederick Clarkson, author, Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy; Michael Northcott, teaches Christian Ethics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; author, An Angel Directs the Storm: Apocalyptic Religion and American Empire; Esther Kaplan, author, With God on Their Side: How Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy and Democracy in George W. Bush's White House.

Friday October 21 7:30-9:30pm

Saturday October 22 10am-6pm

You can register for the full session or Friday evening or Saturday separately. To register or for more information contact: The Graduate Center, CUNY 212 817-8215. Or The New York Open Center 212 219-2527.

A DVD of highlights from their previous conference in April, Examining the Agenda of the Religious Far Right, is available for $19.95. It features Karen Armstrong, Joan Bokaer, Joseph Hough, Robert Edgar, Hugh Urban, Chip Berlet and Frederick Clarkson.

The edited, DVD version of the program will be broadcast on CUNY TV Channel 75 in New York City The show will air on: Wednesday August 3 10am, 3pm & 8pm; Saturday, August 6 8pm;
and Sunday August 7 10am.