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Theocracy is a form of autocracy [2] in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs. [3] [4]
Teokracja (gr. theokratía, od theós – bóg, krátos – władza) – doktryna polityczna, według której władzę w państwie sprawuje kapłan lub kapłani i w której duchowni decydują o sprawach cywilnych i religijnych. Utrzymuje się wtedy, że sprawujący władzę w państwie są powoływani przez Boga lub bogów, którzy sprawują w nim rzeczywistą władzę.
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.
In a theocracy, laws are often derived from religious texts, making religion a central aspect of governance. Historical examples of theocracies include ancient Israel under the judges, the Vatican City under papal rule, and Iran's Islamic Republic.
1 lis 2020 · Theocracy means a state governed or controlled by a religion. This can happen in two ways. In what we will call a pre-modern theocracy, one religion dominates the state; but that state is so institutionally weak that it cannot exert effective control over competing religions, sects, or heresies. As a consequence, a pre-modern theocracy must ...
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.
