theocracy
World History
Sociology
(noun)
Government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion
Examples of theocracy in the following topics:
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Non-Democratic Governments: Monarchy, Oligarchy, Technocracy, and Theocracy
- Some nondemocratic governments can be classified into categories such as monarchies, oligarchies, theocracies and technocracies.
- Forms of government and other political structures associated with oligarchy usually include aristocracy, meritocracy, plutocracy, military junta, technocracy, and theocracy.
- Theocracy is a form of government in which official policy is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided, or is pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religion or religious group .
- Theocracy essentially means rule by a church or analogous religious leadership; a state in which the goal is to direct the population towards God and in which God himself is the theoretical "head of the state".
- Iran is an example of a theocracy.
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Types of Governments
- Theocracy is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler, or in a broader sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.
- Theocracy should be distinguished from other secular forms of government that have a state religion, or are merely influenced by theological or moral concepts, and monarchies held "By the Grace of God".
- Historical examples of Christian theocracies are the Byzantine Empire (A.D. 330-1453) and the Carolingian Empire (A.D. 800-888).
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Types of States
- One common example is that of theocracy.
- Theocracy is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler, or in a broader sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.
- Theocracies are distinguished from other secular forms of government that have a state religion, or are merely influenced by theological or moral concepts, and monarchies held "by the Grace of God. "
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Charismatic Authority
- In politics, charismatic rule is often found in various authoritarian states, autocracies, dictatorships, and theocracies.
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Settling New England
- This colony was at once a theocracy and an oligarchy, yet it adopted trial by jury and freedom from self-incrimination, and levied no taxes on those who could not vote.
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Oligarchy
- The law may give only nobility the right to vote, or a theocracy may be ruled by a group of religious leaders.
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The Iranian Crisis
- In Iran, the crisis strengthened the prestige of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the political power of those who supported theocracy and opposed any normalization of relations with the West.
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Puritanism
- Puritans in colonial America were among the most radical Puritans and whose social experiment took the form of a theocracy.
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Foreign Policies
- The U.S. aid was supplied to Islamic fundamentalists and to the military government of Pakistan, which may have contributed to the subsequent political instability and rise of Islamic theocracy in the region.
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The Origins of Etruria
- The Etruscan state government was essentially a theocracy.