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Images de la théocratie à l’époque hellénistique
Pallas, 2017 Few ancient texts deal with the theory of theocracy, except a famous extract of Josephus’ Contra Apionem (2, 165). In the Bible and in the Maccabees’ books, theocracy has mostly been expressed through literary developments.
Christian-Georges Schwentzel
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, 2010 At the intersection of two sweeping global trends - the rise of popular support for principles of theocratic governance and the spread of constitutionalism and judicial review - a new legal order has emerged: constitutional theocracy. It enshrines religion and its interlocutors as 'a' or 'the' source of legislation, and at the same time adheres to core
Hirschl, Ran
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Theocracy, Democracy and Secularization: Is There Room for Compromise
Sociological Analysis, 2008 Liberal democracy appears to feel far from safe today. Fears of theocratic threats such as the introduction of Shar’ia law and anti-Western jihad abound. This article examines the dialectics of democracy and theocracy with special reference to past and present processes of secularization. In this connection a distinction is made between ‘secularization’
Gaay Fortman, B, Gaay Fortman, B. de
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Hester’s Private Religion of the Heart: Theocracy and Secularism in The Scarlet Letter (1851)
AtlantisThe Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne’s highly political magnum opus, is concerned with the struggle of its heroine against the overarching Puritan patriarchy, and relates her resistance, denial and finally her reconciliation with the society that had outcast ...
Ali Hassanpour Darbandi +1 more
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A brief exposition on the notions of Human Suffering, Theodicy and Theocracy in the Book of Job [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 It is suggested that in the face of malevolence, such as that faced by Job, God’s omnipotence and also His benevolence can be upheld. This article thus explores the notions of human suffering, theodicy and theocracy and how they are understood in the ...
Prof. Angelo Nicolaides +1 more
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Visions of Theocracy: The Rise of Ecclesiastical Power in Tibet and the Founding of the Bhutanese State [PDF]
, 2022 This dissertation explores the material and ideological conditions that led to the founding of theocratic governments in the Tibetan region during the seventeenth century with a focus on the enunciation of the Drukpa (’brug pa) theocracy of Shabdrung ...
Deleplanque, Jetsun
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Socio-religious implications of the bond between democracy and theocracy in Nigeria
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Democracy as an administrative system is maintained through party representation and election in which everybody is duly represented, and through a constitution which is prepared in the interest of equity, justice and egalitarianism, and through the rule
Benjamin Diara, Favour Uroko
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Islamic Theocracy of Shia Twelvers in Iran [PDF]
Edinost in Dialog, 2022 The paper introduces the concept of Velayat-e faqih (Guardianship of the Jurist) as actual political system in Iran. The Farsi concept transfers the authority, political and religious, to the Shia clergy called ruling faqih (ruling jurist). It means that
Kasra Akhavan Azari +1 more
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Theocratic Democracy: The Social Construction of Religious and Secular Extremism
Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2017 Kitap Değerlendirmesi: Theocratic Democracy: The Social Construction of Religious and Secular ...
Fatih Varol
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Religious Devotion to Political Secularism
Religions, 2022 By investigating the formation of Twelver Shīʿī theology, this article seeks to show that, despite being political and despite its advocacy of pure theocracy, living in the shadow of a secular state is part of Shīʿī religious doctrine.
Naser Ghobadzadeh
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