The largest and best known theocracies in history were the Umayyad and early Abassid Caliphate, the Byzantine Empire, and the Papal States. And as with any other state or empire, pragmatism was part of the politics of these de jure theocracies. In the past, several nations of varying faiths were deemed theocracies. Although this appraisal was occasionally inaccurate or simplistic it does work in least in some cases. An example often given is Pharaohnic Egypt when the king was a divine or semi-divine figure who ruled largely thr ...

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Theocracy, Theocracy - History of the concept, Theocracy - Current states with theocratic aspects, Theocracy - Historical theocracies, Theocracy - Parties and movements with theocratic aspects

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Theocracy, Theocracy - History of the concept, Theocracy - Current states with theocratic aspects, Theocracy - Historical theocracies, Theocracy - Parties and movements with theocratic aspects

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Secularism in government is a policy of avoiding or reducing entanglement between civil and religious institutions, ranging from reducing ties to a state church to promoting the secularization of public discourse. There are automatic entanglements between the institutions, inasmuch as the religious institution, and its adherents, are members of civil society. Secularism requires the primacy of civil laws within its jurisdictions; but some policies provide for protections of religious expression, in order not to unnecessarily co ...

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Separation of church and state, Separation of church and state - A Basic Overview of the Principle, Separation of church and state - History, Separation of church and state - Ancient, Separation of church and state - Medieval, Separation of church and state - Modern, Separation of church and state - Secularism and theocracy, Separation of church and state - Enactment, Separation of church and state - Countries with separation, Separation of church and state - Australia, Separation of church and state - Canada, Separation of church and state - France, Separation of church and state - Germany, Separation of church and state - Japan, Separation of church and state - Mexico, Separation of church and state - Philippines, Separation of church and state - Sweden, Separation of church and state - Turkey, Separation of church and state - United States of America, Separation of church and state - Other countries, Separation of church and state - Countries with state churches, Separation of church and state - Finland, Separation of church and state - Norway, Separation of church and state - United Kingdom, Separation of church and state - Greece, Separation of church and state - Denmark, Separation of church and state - Countries in flux, Separation of church and state - Russia, Separation of church and state - Advocacy, Separation of church and state - Religious arguments for separation, Separation of church and state - Secular arguments for separation, Separation of church and state - Religious arguments against separation, Separation of church and state - Secular arguments against separation, Separation of church and state - Other arguments against separation

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Christian Reconstructionism is a highly controversial religious and theological movement within Protestant Christianity. It calls for Christians to put their faith into action in all areas of life including civil government, and envisions the private and civil enforcement of the general principles of Old Testament and New Testament moral law, including those expounded in the case laws and summarized in the Old Testament Decalogue. Christian Reconstructionism - The Reconstructionist perspective. The social s ...

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• Christian Reconstructionism - The Reconstructionist perspective
• Christian Reconstructionism - Critical views
• Christian Reconstructionism - Theocracy and Neofascism
• Christian Reconstructionism - Christian critics
• Christian Reconstructionism - An anti-Democracy movement

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Clericalism is the application of the formal, church-based, leadership or opinion of ordained clergy in matters of either the church or broader political and sociocultural import. In a pejorative manner, "clericalism" is often used to denote an ecclesiolatry approach to issues beyond the church by either clergy or their supporters while the term has also been applied in a pejorative manner to describe the cronyism and cloistered political environs of the Church� ...

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Khalsa Panth is the theocracy that manages the affairs of the Khalsa. It refers to the entire nation of people who have taken the way of the Khalsa, and hence they are self-managed. ...

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The Council of Fifty (also known as the Living Constitution) was a theocratic Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844 to prepare the way for a theocratic Kingdom of God that Smith thought would soon be established on the earth during the Millennium. The Council had a significant role in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1844 to the late 1800s. Council of Fifty - Establishment. In Mormonism, the Church of Christ is considered to be the kingdom of God r ...

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• Council of Fifty - Establishment
• Council of Fifty - Composition and organization
• Council of Fifty - Role of the Council in the Latter Day Saint movement
• Council of Fifty - External references

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Islamism refers to a set of political ideologies derived from various religious views of Muslim fundamentalists, which hold that Islam is not only a religion, but also a political system that should govern the legal, economic and social imperatives of the state. Islamist movements seek to re-shape the state by implementing a conservative formulation of Sharia. [1] Islamists regard themselves as Muslims rather than Islamists, while moderate Muslims and liberal movements within Islam reject this notion. Some perceive Islamists as Triump ...

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• Islamism - Definition
• Islamism - History
• Islamism - The Deobandi Movement
• Islamism - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
• Islamism - The Muslim Brotherhood
• Islamism - Islamic Jihad movements
• Islamism - Wahhabism
• Islamism - Recent history
• Islamism - Islamism and modern political theory
• Islamism - Islamist movements

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Christendom, in the widest sense, refers to Christianity as a territorial phenomenon: those countries where most people are Christians, or nominal Christians, are part of Christendom. Christendom - Christendom as a polity. In a more significant and meaningful sense, it refers to the medieval and renaissance notion of the Christian world as a sort of social and political polity. In essence, the vision of Christendom is a vision of a Christian theocracy, a government devoted to the enforcement of Chri ...

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• Christendom - Christendom as a polity
• Christendom - Corpus Christianum

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Christ King is a slogan used by Christians who pursue a theocracy. Religion should take the place of earthly authority. Some followers of this slogan are: Mexican Cristeros fighting the secularist president Plutarco Elías Calles Rexism (from Latin Christus Rex), a Catholic collaborationist movement during the occupation of Belgium by Nazi Germany. Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey ("Christ King guerrillas"), a violent illegal organization operating during the Spanish transition to democracy again ...

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The Zwickau Prophets were early sixteenth century Anabaptists in Zwickau in Saxony. They were led by Nicholas Storch and attempted to achieve temporal rule by the spiritually elect (in a theocracy). They claimed to be directly commanded by the Holy Spirit and believed that they were acting in anticipation of the end times, and they held anti-Catholic doctrines, such as rejection of infant baptism and doctrine by appeal to tradition and authority. In 1521, they moved to Wittenberg and grew in power and influence. However, they were opposed by Ma

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In Mormonism, blood atonement is a controversial doctrine taught by some early Latter-day Saint leaders, and expanded by Brigham Young, that within a theocracy, there are certain sins such as murder that requires that murderers "have their blood spilt upon the ground, that the smoke thereof might ascend to heaven as an offering for their sins" in order for the Atonement of Jesus fully operative in the repentance process. While criticized by many Mormons and eventually repudiated as official Church doctrine by The Church of Jesu ...

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• Blood atonement - The Doctrine as Taught by Brigham Young
• Blood atonement - Controversy
• Blood atonement - Similar Non-Mormon rhetoric from the period
• Blood atonement - Modern Reactions to the Doctrine

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A state religion (also called an established church or state church) is a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state. The term state church is associated with Christianity, and is sometimes used to denote a specific national branch of Christianity. Closely related to state churches are what sociologists call ecclesiae, though the two are slightly different. State religions are examples of the official or government-sanctioned establishment of religion, as distinct from theocracy. State ...

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• State religion - Types of state churches
• State religion - Sociology of state churches
• State religion - Disestablishment
• State religion - Christian countries
• State religion - Roman Catholic
• State religion - Eastern Orthodox
• State religion - Oriental Orthodox
• State religion - Lutheran
• State religion - Anglican
• State religion - Reformed
• State religion - Islamic states
• State religion - Buddhist states
• State religion - Hindu states
• State religion - Jewish states
• State religion - Secular states
• State religion - Established churches and former state churches in Europe
• State religion - Former state churches in British North America

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Apostasy in Islam (ارتداد, Irtidād) is the rejection of Islam by some means. Spoken or written renunciation of Islam is apostasy, however, displayed disloyalty or blasphemous acts can also be deemed apostasy. The concept has parallels in some other religious systems, particularly monotheistic ones such as Christianity. There is no definition and consequent punishment that spans all Islamic views. The concept of how to deal with apostasy in Islamic theocracies is traditionally a matter of hadd under sharia l ...

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• Apostasy in Islam - According to Quran
• Apostasy in Islam - According to Hadith
• Apostasy in Islam - According to Tafsir
• Apostasy in Islam - According to Critics
• Apostasy in Islam - What Constitutes Apostasy in Islam
• Apostasy in Islam - Regarding Monotheism and Polytheism
• Apostasy in Islam - Regarding Prophethood
• Apostasy in Islam - Regarding Beliefs
• Apostasy in Islam - Death penalty for apostasy
• Apostasy in Islam - Reasons for the death penalty
• Apostasy in Islam - Notable ex-Muslims

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Secularism in government is a policy of avoiding or reducing entanglement between civil and religious institutions, ranging from reducing ties to a state church to promoting the secularization of public discourse. There are automatic entanglements between the institutions, inasmuch as the religious institution, and its adherents, are members of civil society. Secularism requires the primacy of civil laws within its jurisdictions; but some policies provide for protections of religious expression, in order not to unnecessarily co ...

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Separation of church and state, Separation of church and state - History, Separation of church and state - Ancient, Separation of church and state - Medieval, Separation of church and state - Modern, Separation of church and state - Secularism and theocracy, Separation of church and state - Enactment, Separation of church and state - Countries with separation, Separation of church and state - Australia, Separation of church and state - Canada, Separation of church and state - France, Separation of church and state - Germany, Separation of church and state - Japan, Separation of church and state - Mexico, Separation of church and state - Philippines, Separation of church and state - Sweden, Separation of church and state - Turkey, Separation of church and state - United States of America, Separation of church and state - Other countries, Separation of church and state - Countries with state churches, Separation of church and state - Finland, Separation of church and state - Norway, Separation of church and state - United Kingdom, Separation of church and state - Greece, Separation of church and state - Denmark, Separation of church and state - Countries in flux, Separation of church and state - Russia, Separation of church and state - Advocacy, Separation of church and state - Religious arguments for separation, Separation of church and state - Secular arguments for separation, Separation of church and state - Religious arguments against separation, Separation of church and state - Secular arguments against separation, Separation of church and state - Other arguments against separation

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"Christianity and Democracy are inevitably enemies" Rousas John Rushdoony [7] ...

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Christian Reconstructionism, Christian Reconstructionism - The Reconstructionist perspective, Christian Reconstructionism - Critical views, Christian Reconstructionism - Theocracy and Neofascism, Christian Reconstructionism - Christian critics, Christian Reconstructionism - An anti-Democracy movement

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In Mormonism, the Church of Christ is considered to be the kingdom of God represented in the Book of Daniel 2:44-45 as the stone "cut out of the mountain without hands" that will roll forth to fill the whole earth. In Daniel, this kingdom was never to "be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever." Daniel 2:44. Joseph Smith, Jr. and other early Latter Day Saint leaders believed this kingdom was not just the Church of Christ, but a political theocracy which Jesus would establish upon his second coming ...

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Council of Fifty, Council of Fifty - Establishment, Council of Fifty - Composition and organization, Council of Fifty - Role of the Council in the Latter Day Saint movement, Council of Fifty - External references

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The social structure advocated by Christian Reconstructionism would have the clergy, laity and government, individually and corporately, to be in ultimate submission to the moral principles of the Bible, including the Old Testament, while retaining their separate scopes of authority and roles in society as inferred from principles of Old Testament law. It is the claim of Christian Reconstructionism that even as under the Davidic administration of the Israelites, the Priests (Levitical line) and Kings (Davidic line) were distinguished by thei ...

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Christian Reconstructionism, Christian Reconstructionism - The Reconstructionist perspective, Christian Reconstructionism - Critical views, Christian Reconstructionism - Theocracy and Neofascism, Christian Reconstructionism - Christian critics, Christian Reconstructionism - An anti-Democracy movement

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As such authority given to one religious group contradicts the founding principles of American democracy, most Americans are critical of Reconstructionist aims. Critics are skeptical of the pragmatic value and actual viability of the proposed Christian Reconstructionist social structure, claiming that an overly authoritarian civil society would be a very real threat if such a structure were to be adopted. They observe that Christian Reconstructionism would entail abandoning the historical interpretation of the principle of separation ...

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Christian Reconstructionism, Christian Reconstructionism - The Reconstructionist perspective, Christian Reconstructionism - Critical views, Christian Reconstructionism - Theocracy and Neofascism, Christian Reconstructionism - Christian critics, Christian Reconstructionism - An anti-Democracy movement

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Different countries have different approaches to the separation of church and state. Separation of church and state - Australia. Since the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, religious freedom has been guaranteed and state religion has been outlawed. Section 116 of the Australian Constitution says: The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualifi ...

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Separation of church and state, Separation of church and state - A Basic Overview of the Principle, Separation of church and state - History, Separation of church and state - Ancient, Separation of church and state - Medieval, Separation of church and state - Modern, Separation of church and state - Secularism and theocracy, Separation of church and state - Enactment, Separation of church and state - Countries with separation, Separation of church and state - Australia, Separation of church and state - Canada, Separation of church and state - France, Separation of church and state - Germany, Separation of church and state - Japan, Separation of church and state - Mexico, Separation of church and state - Philippines, Separation of church and state - Sweden, Separation of church and state - Turkey, Separation of church and state - United States of America, Separation of church and state - Other countries, Separation of church and state - Countries with state churches, Separation of church and state - Finland, Separation of church and state - Norway, Separation of church and state - United Kingdom, Separation of church and state - Greece, Separation of church and state - Denmark, Separation of church and state - Countries in flux, Separation of church and state - Russia, Separation of church and state - Advocacy, Separation of church and state - Religious arguments for separation, Separation of church and state - Secular arguments for separation, Separation of church and state - Religious arguments against separation, Separation of church and state - Secular arguments against separation, Separation of church and state - Other arguments against separation

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