Christodemocracy and the Alternative Democratic Theory of America's Christian Right

Preface .- 1. Christodemocracy is the Alternative Normative Framework assumed by America's Christian Right .- 2. Christodemocracy is one of many normative frameworks used for understanding the behavior of democratic states .- 3. Christodemocratic Theory Is Based On Ten Core Assumptions .- 4. Discourse Analysis Provides a Qualitative Means for Recognizing Christodemocratic Assumptions Behind Political Activism .- 5. Christodemocracy Assumes That the Role of Any Government is to Enact Christian Morality .- 6. In Christodemocracy, Positive Religious Identity Supersedes Liberty of Conscience in a Competition of Rights .- 7. Christodemocracy Relies On a Provincial Historical Narrative to Justify Christian Primacy .- 8. Christodemocratic Rhetoric Equates Political Leveling with Persecution .- 9. Christodemocracy does not Recognize Rights that Contradict the Will of the Author of Rights .- 10. Christodemocracy Assumes a Fixed, Metaphysical Epistemology as the Measure of Agency and Expertise .- 11. Christodemocracy Paradoxically Embraces Populist Faith and Strict Hierarchical Authority .- 12. Christodemocracy is illiberal because it assumes collective consequences for individual behavior .- 13. Christodemocracy Rejects Political Outcomes Thought To Be The Product of an Illegitimate Identity .- Conclusion.