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2021
This chapter begins its identification of anthropocracy by presenting a working model of theocracy and its particular articulation of political power and religion. This is because anthropocracy can be analysed as structurally identical to theocracy, but as a political order that reverses its organizing values.
Christopher Houston
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This chapter begins its identification of anthropocracy by presenting a working model of theocracy and its particular articulation of political power and religion. This is because anthropocracy can be analysed as structurally identical to theocracy, but as a political order that reverses its organizing values.
Christopher Houston
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, 2013 Throughout history, religious and political authorities have had a mysterious attraction to each other. Rulers have established state religions and adopted laws with religious origins, sometimes even claiming to have divine powers. We propose a political economy approach to theocracy, centered on the legitimizing relationship between religious and ...
Metin M. Cosgel, Thomas J. Miceli
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2009
As Josephus’s opening quote unambiguously states for ancient Israel, theocracy literally means government by God. Since, however, God is not known to have ruled worldly government directly, the word is usually understood to mean government by a clergy, or a self-appointed group who claim to speak and act on God’s behalf.
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As Josephus’s opening quote unambiguously states for ancient Israel, theocracy literally means government by God. Since, however, God is not known to have ruled worldly government directly, the word is usually understood to mean government by a clergy, or a self-appointed group who claim to speak and act on God’s behalf.
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The American Historical Review, 1978
Foreword, Introduction 1. The christian empire: the image of God upon earth 2. The viceroy of God: the plenitude of imperial power 3. The battle over images: the challenge of popular belief 4. The working compromise: the limits of imperial control 5. The monks and the people: the oppo-position to the palace and the hierarchy 6.
John W. Barker, Steven Runciman
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Foreword, Introduction 1. The christian empire: the image of God upon earth 2. The viceroy of God: the plenitude of imperial power 3. The battle over images: the challenge of popular belief 4. The working compromise: the limits of imperial control 5. The monks and the people: the oppo-position to the palace and the hierarchy 6.
John W. Barker, Steven Runciman
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2021
Abstract This chapter discusses a case of ancient terrorism, the fight of the most radical branch of the Judean resistance movement against Roman rule in the first century ce by means of kidnapping and assassination. Ancient Judean terrorism was not only provoked by the foreign occupation, but also fed on the fertile ground of social ...
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Abstract This chapter discusses a case of ancient terrorism, the fight of the most radical branch of the Judean resistance movement against Roman rule in the first century ce by means of kidnapping and assassination. Ancient Judean terrorism was not only provoked by the foreign occupation, but also fed on the fertile ground of social ...
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2018
Saudi is not a secular society, but it is partly capitalist. The spirit of modern capitalism is secular, and indeed secularization has gone hand-in-hand with capitalism. Secularization theory (A Conversation with Peter L. Berger “How My Views Have Changed” Gregor Thuswaldner. http://thecresset.org/2014/Lent/Thuswaldner_L14.html) is a term that was used
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Saudi is not a secular society, but it is partly capitalist. The spirit of modern capitalism is secular, and indeed secularization has gone hand-in-hand with capitalism. Secularization theory (A Conversation with Peter L. Berger “How My Views Have Changed” Gregor Thuswaldner. http://thecresset.org/2014/Lent/Thuswaldner_L14.html) is a term that was used
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