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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.
Mario Ferrero, FERRERO, Mario
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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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How Jewish Orthodoxy Became a State: Isaac Breuer and the Invention of the Statist Theocracy [PDF]
Harvard Theological Review, 2023 This article traces the incorporation of the modern state and the notion of sovereignty into Jewish Orthodox thought, culminating in the idea that the role of Orthodoxy is to establish a statist theocracy.
Ben Ami, Itamar +2 more
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Deciphering Islamic Theocracy and Tourism: Conceptualization, Context, and Complexities
International Journal of Tourism Research, 2019 International tourism development in theocratic structures where Islam exercises considerable influence over social, political, and regulatory systems embodies a range of challenges, complexities, and conflicts. Against this backdrop, this paper aimed at
Siamak Seyfi, Colin Michael Hall
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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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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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