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How a religious movement is making US liberals nervous

Followers of dominionism believe that Christians should reassert control over political institutions

By New Statesman

In last week’s New Statesman, Alice Miles examined the role of religion in the current US political scene. She pointed out that a key difference between Britain and the US is the role that religion plays in politics on the other side of the Atlantic, where US presidents have long sought to derive legitimacy from God. Despite, this, however, there are concerns:

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