Concept
Theocracy
Overview
Theocracy or ethiocracy is a form of autocracy or oligarchy in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities giving divine guidance to human intermediaries with executive, legislative or judicial power who manage the government's daily affairs.
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Philosophers who discussed Theocracy
- William Godwin
- Victor Cousin
- Ayn Rand
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Alfred North Whitehead
- Constantin François Chassebœuf, comte de Volney
Related ideas
- Jesus
- Francis Fukuyama
- Florence
- Greece
- Geneva
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Holy See
- Hinduism
- Iran
- Faqīh
- John Calvin
- Chinese astrology
- Byzantine Empire
- Lebanon
- Muhammad
- Monarchy
- Mongolia
- Vishnu
- University of Chicago Press
- American Revolution
- Gelug
- 14th Dalai Lama
- Russian Empire
- Roman emperor
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Political philosophy.