Theoconservative
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Theoconservative is a political epithet commonly used within the United States to describe members of the Christian Right. In general it refers to those people who believe not only that God's Law ought to play a larger role in public life, but that the more socially convervative aspects of that Law ought to be enforced. Although there are no clear and hard distinctions, they can be distinguished from the Christian Socialist tradition which focuses more on the welfare aspects of the Christian gospel. Although Christians may be found at any end of the political spectrum, Theoconservatives tend to be both fiscally and socially conservative. The term is frequently used by political commentator Andrew Sullivan in reference to Republicans when commenting on social issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion.
Arguably, Dominionism is theoconservatism taken to an extreme.
