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theocracyGovernment by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state's legal system is based on religious law. Theocratic rule was typical of early civilizations. The Enlightenment marked the end of theocracy in most Western countries. Contemporary examples of theocracies include Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Vatican. See also church and state; divine kingship. theocracy 1. government by a deity or by a priesthood 2. a community or political unit under such government How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I will ask if it is the theopolitics of power that pushes Caputo over the edge of philosophy, into a biblical theology: power as divine omnipotence, as ecclesial hierarchy, as messianic imperialism. 2) Progressive theopolitics might then entail an alternative temporality, the time of event-relations, in which our becoming together, now, makes possible but does not determine that which is to come tomorrow: a helical, fractal or rhizomatic kind of nonlinear progress. Revelation and Theopolitics will gain notice for being the first extended treatment of both Rosenzweig and Barth together, but in my view its value lies more in its being one of the few works of contemporary theology to suggest that the most intractable, and therefore the most interesting, concepts in twentieth-century theology are those of repentance and forgiveness. |
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