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6 gru 2023 · However, theocracies still exist in modern society in four countries. The governments of these countries are ordained by and per a religious belief; usually, the power is bestowed upon a divinely chosen person. This article will explore modern theocracies and how they operate. 1.
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.
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.
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23 lut 2012 · Section 5 turns to history for evidence and finds quantitative support for the model’s predictions in the rise of theocracy in ancient Israel and in modern Islamic fundamentalism, and qualitative support in two rather exotic examples of its demise.
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).
1 lis 2020 · An empirical analysis of the transition from premodern to modern theocracy, based on a unique dataset of religion and politics in world history, indicates that the adoption of general rules in the modern era differed systematically between societies in which strong state capacity was a complement rather than a substitute for religion.
