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American Vision publishes books "primarily for use in [[Christian school]]s and for [[Homeschooling|home schoolers]]."<ref>{{cite book|last=Apple|first=Michael W.|author-link=Michael Apple|title=Educating the "Right" Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality|year=2001|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780415924627/page/260 260]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780415924627|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-4159-2462-7|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> The group is active in the [[Creation science|creation science movement]]. |
American Vision publishes books "primarily for use in [[Christian school]]s and for [[Homeschooling|home schoolers]]."<ref>{{cite book|last=Apple|first=Michael W.|author-link=Michael Apple|title=Educating the "Right" Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality|year=2001|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780415924627/page/260 260]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780415924627|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-4159-2462-7|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> The group is active in the [[Creation science|creation science movement]]. |
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American Vision trains parents, teachers, pastors and activists "in developing family-oriented [[Christian worldview|biblical worldviews]]."<ref>{{cite book|first=Julie|last=Ingersoll|editor1-first=Steven|editor1-last=Brint|editor2-first=Jean|editor2-last=Reith Schroedel|title=Evangelicals and Democracy in America. Volume 2: Religion and Politics|chapter=Chapter 6: Mobilizing Evangelicals: Christian Reconstructionism and the Roots of the Religious Right|year=2009|publisher=[[Russell Sage Foundation]]|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3flSfjLfYNEC&pg=PA197|isbn=978-0-8715-4068-3|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> It hosts an annual "Worldview Conference", which has featured speakers such as [[Herbert Titus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Flanders|first=Laura|author-link=Laura Flanders|title=At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously|year=2010|publisher=[[OR Books]]|page=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lo0tBT7RpC0C&pg=PA118|isbn=978-1-9359-2823-2|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> |
American Vision trains parents, teachers, pastors and activists "in developing family-oriented [[Christian worldview|biblical worldviews]]."<ref>{{cite book|first=Julie|last=Ingersoll|editor1-first=Steven|editor1-last=Brint|editor2-first=Jean|editor2-last=Reith Schroedel|title=Evangelicals and Democracy in America. Volume 2: Religion and Politics|chapter=Chapter 6: Mobilizing Evangelicals: Christian Reconstructionism and the Roots of the Religious Right|year=2009|publisher=[[Russell Sage Foundation]]|page=197|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3flSfjLfYNEC&pg=PA197|isbn=978-0-8715-4068-3|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> It hosts an annual "Worldview Conference", which has featured speakers such as [[Herbert Titus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Flanders|first=Laura|author-link=Laura Flanders|title=At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously|year=2010|publisher=[[OR Books]]|page=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lo0tBT7RpC0C&pg=PA118|isbn=978-1-9359-2823-2|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> |
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==Beliefs== |
==Beliefs== |
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American Vision is opposed to [[abortion]].<ref>{{cite web|last=DeMar|first=Gary|author-link=Gary DeMar|date=December 14, 2010|title=A Modern Crime from the Bible|url=http://americanvision.org/3829/a-modern-crime-from-the-bible/|work=American Vision Blog|accessdate=April 19, 2021}}</ref> The group maintains that the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment's]] demand that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" means that Congress may not establish a state religion. The group maintains that the First Amendment does ''not'' prohibit members of Congress from making laws that are in submission to the [[Bible]]. DeMar has said that not all homosexuals would be executed under a "reconstructed government" but that he did believe that the occasional execution of "sodomites" would serve society well because "the law that requires the death penalty for homosexual acts effectively drives the perversion of homosexuality underground, back into the closet"<ref name="SPLC"/> |
American Vision is opposed to [[abortion]].<ref>{{cite web|last=DeMar|first=Gary|author-link=Gary DeMar|date=December 14, 2010|title=A Modern Crime from the Bible|url=http://americanvision.org/3829/a-modern-crime-from-the-bible/|work=American Vision Blog|accessdate=April 19, 2021}}</ref> The group maintains that the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment's]] demand that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" means that Congress may not establish a state religion. The group maintains that the First Amendment does ''not'' prohibit members of Congress from making laws that are in submission to the [[Bible]]. DeMar has said that not all homosexuals would be executed under a "reconstructed government" but that he did believe that the occasional execution of "sodomites" would serve society well because "the law that requires the death penalty for homosexual acts effectively drives the perversion of homosexuality underground, back into the closet"<ref name="SPLC"/> |
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DeMar also wrote a "long-term goal" should be "the execution of abortionists and parents who hire them". [[Islam]] is another enemy; in August 2010 he said that "the long-term goal of Islam is the abolition of our constitutional freedoms."<ref name="SPLC"/><ref>{{cite web|last=DeMar|first=Gary|author-link=Gary DeMar|date=August 24, 2010|title=The Left is Now Interested in |
DeMar also wrote a "long-term goal" should be "the execution of abortionists and parents who hire them". [[Islam]] is another enemy; in August 2010 he said that "the long-term goal of Islam is the abolition of our constitutional freedoms."<ref name="SPLC"/><ref>{{cite web|last=DeMar|first=Gary|author-link=Gary DeMar|date=August 24, 2010|title=The Left is Now Interested in 'Constitutional Freedoms'|url=http://americanvision.org/3416/the-left-is-now-interested-in-‘constitutional-freedoms’/#.UD657ELlf0c|website=American Vision|accessdate=April 20, 2021|quote=The long-term goal of Islam is the abolition of our constitutional freedoms since the majority of them are an affront to the fundamental tenets of Islam.}}</ref> |
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In 2010, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] designated American Vision as an anti-gay hate group because of its purported support of the "[[Capital punishment|death penalty]] for practicing homosexuals."<ref name="SPLC">{{cite web|last=Schlatter |first=Evelyn |url=http://splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners |title=18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda | Southern Poverty Law Center |website=splcenter.org |accessdate=April 20, 2021 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129185413/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners |archivedate=November 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=DeMar |editor-last=North |first=Gary |editor-first=Gary |author-link=Gary DeMar|editor-link=Gary North (economist)|title=Ruler of the Nations |url=http://www.garynorth.com/freebooks/docs/pdf/ruler_of_the_nations.pdf |
In 2010, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] designated American Vision as an anti-gay hate group because of its purported support of the "[[Capital punishment|death penalty]] for practicing homosexuals."<ref name="SPLC">{{cite web|last=Schlatter |first=Evelyn |url=http://splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners |title=18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda | Southern Poverty Law Center |website=splcenter.org |accessdate=April 20, 2021 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129185413/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners |archivedate=November 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=DeMar |editor-last=North |first=Gary |editor-first=Gary |author-link=Gary DeMar|editor-link=Gary North (economist)|title=Ruler of the Nations |url=http://www.garynorth.com/freebooks/docs/pdf/ruler_of_the_nations.pdf |publisher=Dominion Press |accessdate=August 27, 2012 |year=1987 |location=Fort Worth, Texas |isbn=978-0-930462-19-2 |page={{page needed|date=August 2012}} }}</ref> However, in 2016, American Vision, under Joel McDurmon's leadership, moved away from this position, stating that "Biblical law has transferred First Table punishments from earthly civil governments to the throne of heaven", and that right now only the moral principles are still binding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanvision.org/14114/what-is-not-theonomy/|first=Joel|last=McDurmon|title=What is NOT Theonomy|date=February 3, 2017|website=The American Vision|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211044911/https://americanvision.org/14114/what-is-not-theonomy/|archivedate=February 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 14:36, 19 October 2022
| Founded | 1978 |
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| Founder | Steve Schiffman |
| Type | Nonprofit 501(c)(3) |
| 58-1374143 (EIN) | |
| Location |
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Members | 5 |
Key people | Gary DeMar, President[1] |
Revenue | $1,315,150 (2010)[2] |
Employees | 12 |
| Website | americanvision |
American Vision is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Steve Schiffman. It operates as a Christian ministry, and calls for "equipping and empowering Christians to restore America’s biblical foundation." The organization promotes Christian Reconstructionism and Postmillennialism, and opposes dispensationalism. Gary DeMar was the organization's president from 1986 to 2015. From 2015 to March 2019 Joel McDurmon was president, during which time Demar was Senior Fellow. Gary Demar returned as president in March 2019 when McDurmon resigned.[1]
Activities
American Vision publishes books "primarily for use in Christian schools and for home schoolers."[4] The group is active in the creation science movement.
American Vision trains parents, teachers, pastors and activists "in developing family-oriented biblical worldviews."[5] It hosts an annual "Worldview Conference", which has featured speakers such as Herbert Titus.[6]
Beliefs
American Vision is opposed to abortion.[7] The group maintains that the First Amendment's demand that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" means that Congress may not establish a state religion. The group maintains that the First Amendment does not prohibit members of Congress from making laws that are in submission to the Bible. DeMar has said that not all homosexuals would be executed under a "reconstructed government" but that he did believe that the occasional execution of "sodomites" would serve society well because "the law that requires the death penalty for homosexual acts effectively drives the perversion of homosexuality underground, back into the closet"[8]
DeMar also wrote a "long-term goal" should be "the execution of abortionists and parents who hire them". Islam is another enemy; in August 2010 he said that "the long-term goal of Islam is the abolition of our constitutional freedoms."[8][9]
In 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center designated American Vision as an anti-gay hate group because of its purported support of the "death penalty for practicing homosexuals."[8][10] However, in 2016, American Vision, under Joel McDurmon's leadership, moved away from this position, stating that "Biblical law has transferred First Table punishments from earthly civil governments to the throne of heaven", and that right now only the moral principles are still binding.[11]
See also
- Chalcedon Foundation - Related organization
- Christian nationalism
- Christian reconstructionism
- Dominion theology
- Evangelicalism in the United States
- Neo-Calvinism
- Protestant fundamentalism
- Religious right
- Theoconservatism
References
- ^ a b DeMar, Gary (March 19, 2019). "Change of Leadership at American Vision". The American Vision. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ "Nonprofit Report for American Vision". GuideStar. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ Hanna, Judith Lynne (2012). Naked Truth: Strip Clubs, Democracy, and a Christian Right. University of Texas Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-292-73576-7. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ Apple, Michael W. (2001). Educating the "Right" Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-4159-2462-7. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ Ingersoll, Julie (2009). "Chapter 6: Mobilizing Evangelicals: Christian Reconstructionism and the Roots of the Religious Right". In Brint, Steven; Reith Schroedel, Jean (eds.). Evangelicals and Democracy in America. Volume 2: Religion and Politics. Russell Sage Foundation. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8715-4068-3. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ Flanders, Laura (2010). At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously. OR Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-9359-2823-2. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ DeMar, Gary (December 14, 2010). "A Modern Crime from the Bible". American Vision Blog. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c Schlatter, Evelyn. "18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda | Southern Poverty Law Center". splcenter.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; November 29, 2010 suggested (help) - ^ DeMar, Gary (August 24, 2010). "The Left is Now Interested in 'Constitutional Freedoms'". American Vision. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
The long-term goal of Islam is the abolition of our constitutional freedoms since the majority of them are an affront to the fundamental tenets of Islam.
- ^ DeMar, Gary (1987). North, Gary (ed.). Ruler of the Nations (PDF). Fort Worth, Texas: Dominion Press. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-0-930462-19-2. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ McDurmon, Joel (February 3, 2017). "What is NOT Theonomy". The American Vision. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017.
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