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21 paź 2008 · the varied list of historical theocracies surveyed by Ferrero shows, theoc-racy features only male ruling classes: Catholic clergy, Israelite priesthood, Buddhist monkhood, Protestant congregations of “saints,” and the Muslim caliphate and sects. 4. The theocratic economy. Does theocracy bias the regime against innov ation, as Glazer argues?
7 paź 2024 · "theocracy" published on by Oxford University Press. Theocracy means literally ‘the rule of God’ and the term was invented by Josephus (ad 38–c.100) to describe the ancient Hebrew constitution and the role of Mosaic law.
23 lut 2012 · Download PDF. Mario Ferrero. 1221 Accesses. 9 Citations. 1 Altmetric. Explore all metrics. Abstract. 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.
29 maj 2018 · 48 pages : 25 cm. Explains what a theocracy is, provides examples of theocracies around the world, and looks at how the form of government has evolved throughout history. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
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).
Analyzing the relationship between religion and politicsthroughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States, as wellas classical and medieval political ph...
Samuel Hayim Brody. INTRODUCTION: THEOCRACY 101. Since the time of Josephus, it has been argued that the only appropriate regime for the people Israel is the one described by the term theocracy, the rule of God.1 The force of this argument is nearly tautological.
