[ExI] Teocon

[Damien Broderick]

This Italian/European political term, unfamiliar in English, has been 
used several times. Here's a google translation from 
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teocon:

<Teocon (Italian translation of theoconservative, theocon) is a 
neologism derived from the term conservatism with the prefix 
"theoretical", coined in the Anglo-Saxon world and in particular the 
USA. Nevertheless it is now more widely available in Europe, often 
with a different meaning than the original. [[I wonder if it's really 
"theological-conservative"? --DB]]

In the United States the term theocon usually refers to branches 
belonging to the Christian world that are deployed on positions 
considered conservative, or that unite politically conservative 
ideology with the defence of certain social issues with a strong 
religious imprint. These are usually belonging to the Protestant 
tradition of the United States.

The term is often wrongly confused with Neo. Although some theocons 
may be close to the neocon movement and vice versa, they are two very 
different concepts, referring, first, the relationship between 
politics and religion and the second to a particular theory of foreign policy.>