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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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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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Lecture Seven: The Forces Without the Theocracy [PDF]
, 2022 This lecture addresses three issues that began to undermine the Theocracy. First was the question of regeneration and baptism. Second was the arrival of members from other faiths, initially the Church of England: Third was the treatment of heretics ...
Davis, Earl Clement
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The Idea of the Church as the Best Social Structure: F.M. Dostoevsky and V.S. Soloviev
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2021 The article presents the reconstruction of the views of F.M. Dostoevsky and Vl.S. Solovyov on the nature of relations between church and state. A line of mutual influence of thinkers in the context of the perception of Christian truth is drawn.
Elena V. Besschetnova
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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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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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Exigency or Expediency? Contextualizing Islamic Theocracy in the Nigerian Political Landscape: A Historical Perspective [PDF]
, 2023 Islam has become a major force in Nigerian politics. However, scholarship on political Islam in Nigeria has mostly capitalized on the introduction of Sharīʿah in some northern states of the country as a tactical attempt to foisting Islamic theocracy on ...
Lateef, Abiola Muideen
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The Bible and political philosophy in modern Jewish thought : Martin Buber's theocracy and its reception in an Israeli context [PDF]
This paper aims to shed some light on the association between the Bible and political philosophy in modern Jewish thought from the angle of Martin Buber's notion of theocracy.
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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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