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The word theocracy originates from the Greek: θεοκρατία (theocratia) meaning "the rule of God". This, in turn, derives from θεός (theos), meaning "god", and κρατέω (krateo), meaning "to rule". Thus the meaning of the word in Greek was "rule by god (s)" or human incarnation (s) of god (s). The term was initially coined by ...
12 wrz 2024 · Theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state’s legal system is based on religious law. The Enlightenment marked the end of theocracy in most Western countries.
The phrase constitutional theocracy describes a form of elected government in which one single religion is granted an authoritative central role in the legal and political system.
23 lut 2012 · This paper models theocracy as a regime where the clergy in power retains knowledge of the cost of political production but which is potentially incompetent, quarrelsome, or corrupt.
Analyzing the relationship between religion and politicsthroughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States, as wellas classical and medieval political ph...
1 lis 2020 · We use a novel dataset comprising the religious and political histories of today's nations to construct an index of historical religious fragmentation, which we use as a proxy variable for the extent of premodern theocracy.
15 sie 2019 · Abstract. This chapter looks into three key aspects of theocratic power relations: how rulers are selected (succession procedures), how their power is institutionalized within the system (institutional regimes) and how they make the ruled conform to the norms they establish (political control).
