(specifically) A movement that rejects much or all of contemporary Christianity and advocates a return to what is viewed as Jesus's original teachings. The Mormons are an example of a restorationist church.
“One was the restorationist impulse, the impulse to order contemporary church life as closely as possible to the life of New Testament churches.”
“As Komonchak has observed, it is wrong to regard Ratzinger as a restorationist in the sense of one who desires to return the church to its preconciliar, neoscholastic days.”
“The Vatican office for religious now has conciliar rather than restorationist leadership.”
“Second, the PSDs 'social' and 'serene' were significantly associated with average users' perceived restorativeness.”
“The aim of this study was to examine the predictors of perceived restorativeness of children's school playgrounds, using Attention Restoration Theory.”
“Current literature on restorative environments generally shows the importance of urban natural landscapes in increasing perceived restorativeness of urban environments.”