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| | Theocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The term theocracy is commonly used to describe a form of government in which a religion or faith plays the dominant role. | | | Theocracy and ecclesiocracy should be distinguished from governments that are influenced by religious concepts, or in which religious believers have positions of power gained by political means. | | | Theocracy, as a form of ruling the state, should be distinguished from the internal order of a religious community. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
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| | CQ Press : Current Events In Context : Terrorism |
| | Theocracy, derived from two Greek words meaning "rule by the deity," is the name given to political regimes that claim to represent the Divine on earth both directly and immediately. | | | The community established by the prophet Muhammad in Medina in 622, and ruled by him until his death in 632, was a theocracy in which he served as both temporal and spiritual leader. | | | As archeologists are slowly solving the mysteries of early civilizations it seems certain that the ancient Hebrews, Tibetans, and Egyptians lived in theocracies for some of their history. |
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http://www.cqpress.com/context/articles/epr_theo.html
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| | Theocracy |
| | Certainly the system was a theocracy in the sense that it assumed responsibility to God on the part of secular and ecclesiastical authority alike, and proposed as its end the effectual operation of the will of God in the life of the people. | | | Because the desire for a king was said by God to be a rejection of God. | | | theocracy a word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews were under the direct government of God himself. |
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http://members.aol.com/Patriarchy/definitions/theocracy2.htm
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| | Theocracy |
| | Theocracy: A society without priests and kings, all people reconciled to God and to each other, living in harmony and prosperity, blessed by God, governed by God. | | | A society where a king rules is called a "monarchy," and the Bible says this form of government is a rejection of Theocracy (1 Samuel 8). | | | Communist China can be said to be a part of "God's Government" or Theocracy, and the eye of faith can see God's judgments in China. |
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http://members.aol.com/patriarchy/definitions/theocracy.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Theocracy |
| | Thus in a theocracy civic duties and functions form a part of religion, implying the absorption of the State by the Church or at least the supremacy of the latter over the State. | | | Wellhausen and his school, chiefly on a priori grounds, consider them a retouches of the post-exilic period, but it is far more probable that they form a part of a much older tradition, and indicate that a belief in the Lord's kingship over the Chosen People existed prior to the establishment of the earthly monarchy. | | | In the post-exilic period the hierocratic rule became the dominant feature of the Jewish theocracy, and, in spite of its limitations and perversions, it prepared, according to the designs of a wise Providence, the way for the New Dispensation—the Kingdom of Heaven so often mentioned in the Gospels. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm
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| | Glossary: Theocracy |
| | It is said that Israel was a theocracy. | | | This was clearly the ideal of the Torah, but never seems quite to have been the practice (except perhaps in some parts of the Second Temple period). |
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http://www.bible.gen.nz/amos/glossary/theocracy.htm
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| | Theocracy puzzle |
| | A theocracy is a government that is run by the church. | | | A genuine theocracy can't come soon enough for me. To have our Lord openly "take over" the reins of government and claim that which is rightfully his could only be a blessing far exceeding the wildest imagination of the Christian church. | | | Theocracy, according to Webster's dictionary, is "government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided." |
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http://www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archives/015506.html
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| | Liberty Under God -- The Christmas Conspiracy! |
| | The literal meaning of "theocracy" is "God Rules," and a nation where God Rules is a nation "under God." Each of the 13 colonies were Christian Theocracies. | | | "Theocracy" literally means "ruled by God." It has nothing to do with priests. | | | The pages linked below discuss Early American history in the context of Theocracy (a nation "under God") and Anarchism (a People with a divine wall protecting them from incursions on their rights by archists in church and state). |
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http://libertyundergod.org
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| | Church & State (The Crucible) |
| | The government of the early Puritan settlements in Massachusetts was based on the idea of a theocracy (the belief that the Church and the State are one). | | | It is The Arbella Covenant which formed the basis for a theocracy in Massachusetts. | | | The Puritans believed that there should be no difference between religion and government, that the state and the Church should be governed by the same laws. |
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http://www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/background/church2.htm
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| | Deism vs Theocracy |
| | In a Theocracy, only one religion and denomination gets to be in charge and the rest are often in the same boat with the free-thinkers. | | | On one side are those who wish to maintain the Separation of Government and Religion and keep America as it was founded: a secular democracy. | | | Some Christians, particularly those who do not agree with the radical Evangelicals, appreciate the Separation of Government and Religion as an essential protections of their rights to practice their own religion freely. |
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http://www.deism.org/politics.htm
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| | Creative Loafing Atlanta COVER AMERICA THE THEOCRACY |
| | While mainstream pre-millennial churches recoil from the word "theocracy," with its echoes of Islamic fundamentalism, conservative clergy are quite willing to advance programs that in incremental stages can lead to a religious dictatorship. | | | Yet, these men, their theology and the secretive groups they have founded are like an invisible black hole whose gravity inexorably pulls the religious debate toward a theocracy with its closest parallel in Iran's government-by-mullahs. | | | Reconstructionists, who don't hesitate at casting the first stone, are behind-the-scenes strategists for much of the religious right. |
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http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2004-03-25/cover.html
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| | Suburban Guerrilla » Theocracy |
| | Although the tax agency has often overlooked political activity by churches, it has repeatedly warned the clergy and religious groups that it intends to enforce its rules with new vigor this year, in part to correct what it considers to have been too much political intervention by churches and charities in 2004. | | | If we started making laws based on the beliefs of the religious factions with the most clout, we’d be … Iran. | | | Posted by Susie in Theocracy (at 11:42 am) |
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http://susiemadrak.com/category/theocracy
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| | Planet Preterist - Theocracy: An Inescapable Concept |
| | The Kingdom of God (theocracy) is available now for all who believe. | | | She wrote that the Bush administration is about “replacing science with religion, and facts with faith. | | | In a place derisively called “Jesusland.” The people at www.Jesusland.com have even come up with what they describe as a “crypto-fascist theocracy” national anthem called the “Star Spangled Bible.” Read it, and then ask who are the real fascists. |
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http://www.planetpreterist.com/news-2256.html
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| | AskOxford: theocracy |
| | theocracies) a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
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http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/theocracy?view=uk
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| | Talk To Action "They won't need a theocracy." |
| | In a strict sense this is not a theocracy in that the systems of government and religion are separate and run by separate people. | | | That means God is in control, and you are not. | | | They play by the old rules, they organize around their common beliefs, and they're highly motivated to advance those beliefs in their communities and at the ballot box. |
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http://www.talk2action.org/story/2005/12/28/75531/718
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| | RadMod » Theocracy |
| | Christian Reconstructionism - the basis of the Theocracy movement | | | A judge issued a ruling saying the phrase “Under God&; is unconstitutionally religious under the circumstances in which school children are […] | | | An author of a book on the Theocracy movement posted a diary over at DailyKOS excerpted below, explaining the growing influence of the theocratic Christian Reconstructionist movement. |
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http://www.radmod.com/category/theocracy
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| | Freedom or Theocracy?: Constitutionalism in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| | But even mass killings have failed to preserve many theocracies from persistent rebellions led by subjects who chafe under the human rulers' arrogant misrepresentation of their own narrow views as the mandate of heaven. | | | A "theocracy," literally speaking, would be the direct rule by a divine being on Earth | | | ¶ 11 Not satisfied with the constitution's gestures towards theocracy, and disappointed with King Amanullah's record as the "protector" of Islam, Afghanistan's religious elite quickly moved to overthrow and reverse his modernizing reforms. |
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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/jihr/v3/4
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| | Sobran Column --- The Fear of "Theocracy" |
| | They see the threat of theocracy in every Christmas creche, in legal restrictions on abortion, in public school prayer, in the rise of the Religious Right, in the Pledge of Allegiance, in any official reference to the Almighty (“In God we trust”). | | | I wonder if even life under an Islamic theocracy is the horror it’s supposed to be. | | | His pious pilgrims seem quite content in a religious society. |
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http://www.sobran.com/columns/2004/041221.shtml
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| | One Hand Clapping |
| | Now along comes Bush, whose speeches are practically bereft of biblical language, and a significant section of the other side of the aisle thinks he wants to institute religious rule. | | | I gave a little talk of comparative religion - what distinguishes Islam from Christianity and (with less emphasis) Islam from Judaism. | | | Bill Clinton filled many speeches with Christian allusions and language and spoke in a lot of churches. |
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http://www.donaldsensing.com/2004/11/coming-american-theocracy.html
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| | Imposing a theocracy? |
| | "theocracy: Government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided." | | | But as we all know, if they had been religious, they'd have created a theocracy No one would deny that religion + politics = theocracy. | | | Meanwhile, since you have a definition of 'theocracy' please lay it out right here, along with your source. |
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http://www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archives/017174.html
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| | Guardian One miracle too many |
| | Graham has told interviewers that his illnesses have not dented his faith and, indeed, he has much reason to believe that all his prayers have been answered. | | | The US is a theocracy suffering from galloping spiritual inflation | | | So perhaps, as Billy Graham sits at his special lectern, calling on New Yorkers to come forward for Jesus, he will wonder whether an America which seems to be the answer to his prayers has in fact sold its soul to the devil. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5223955-103677,00.html
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| | beppeblog: Enforcing their consience |
| | Theocracy is derived from the two Greek words Qeo/j(Theos) meaning "God" and kra/tein (cratein) meaning "to rule." Theocracy is the civil rule of God, or the belief in government by divine guidance. | | | I like what I've heard or read by him. | | | I've seen them referred to as the "relgious right", "conservative Christians", "rabid right", fundamentalists, and evangelicals (which is probably the most inaccurate of the all the terms because of the wide spectrum of ideas and politics that falls under the broad umbrella term of "evangelical"). |
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http://beppeblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/enforcing-their-consience.html
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| | Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party |
| | Theocracy is derived from the two Greek words Qeo/j(Theos) meaning "God" and kra/tein (cratein) meaning "to rule." The Reverend Rod Parsley, a champion of theocracy, or what he calls a "christocracy," told his congregation at the World Harvest Church, located just outside Columbus, Ohio, "Theocracy means God is in control, and you are not." more | | | The theocratic right seeks to establish dominion, or control over society in the name of God. | | | But what is unique today is that the radical religious right has succeeded in taking over one of America's great political parties. |
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http://www.theocracywatch.org
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| | Legal Definition of Theocracy |
| | THEOCRACY - A species of government which claims to be immediately directed by God. | | | Religion, which in former times, frequently associated itself with despotism, to reign, by its power, or under its shadow, has sometimes attempted to reign alone, and this she has called the reign of God, theocracy. | | | The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon On * Theocracy * |
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http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/t086.htm
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| | WorldNetDaily: Instant theocracy! |
| | Why, it's even harder than placing the Ten Commandments in front of the local courthouse where non-Christians, Jews, Hindus, secular humanists and, of course, the omnipresent atheist might pass by and be converted. | | | It seems never to occur to leftists that under the Muslim theocracy they are helping to create – with lax immigration policies and political correctness – their own heads will be the first to roll. | | | But let a Christian stand up at a football game or graduation ceremony and thank God for the day, the event and the audience... |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44681
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| | Some experts fear a Shiite theocracy following Sunday's elections in Iraq - (BP) |
| | And they even persecute women that don't follow the Islamic code. | | | Should a Shiite theocracy emerge from the elections, it likely would be similar to the current government in Iran, a country dominated by Shiites, Shahid said. | | | But Shiite leaders, who likely will capture a majority of the seats in Iraq's parliament, attempted to assuage fears of a theocracy by insisting that the nation's new government will be decidedly secular and relegate Islam to a supporting role, according to The New York Times. |
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http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=20017
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| | NPR : A Political Warning Shot: 'American Theocracy' |
| | Well may Americans -- and the rest of the world -- ponder what William Faulkner said about the land of his birth: "The past is never dead. | | | But his new book, American Theocracy, argues that the Republican Party -- and the country -- is headed for disaster. | | | Subtitled "The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century," American Theocracy puts the trials of modern America into the context of other great historical powers. |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5290373
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| | WorldNetDaily: Fallujah adopts Taliban theocracy |
| | In the city of 300,000, about 30 miles north of Baghdad, al Qaida-inspired clerics are the ruling authorities, backed by the guns of Saddam loyalists who have imposed their own version of Islamic law. | | | Geostrategy-Direct is a subscription-based service produced by the publishers of WorldTribune.com, a free news service frequently linked by the editors of WorldNetDaily. | | | Last month, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States would not object to an Iraqi theocracy. |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38775
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| | American Taliban, sans condoms, extra brimstone MetaFilter |
| | "Radicalization of the left is the problem here." - Oh, I don't call principled opposition to theocracy or the maintenance of the firewall between church and state in the US "radical", do you? | | | Amnesty International calls Afghanistan under the Taliban "a human rights catastrophe." Afghan women, struggling to survive in what has become a police state claiming to be a theocracy, describe themselves as the "living dead."... | | | But the ones who do are currently politically ascendant. |
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http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/31683
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| | 'American Theocracy,' by Kevin Phillips - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times |
| | 'AMERICAN THEOCRACY'; Tying Religion and Politics to an Impending U.S. Decline (March 17, 2006) | | | (His final chapter is entitled "The Erring Republican Majority.") In an era of best-selling jeremiads on both sides of the political divide, "American Theocracy" may be the most alarming analysis of where we are and where we may be going to have appeared in many years. | | | Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, addressing an evangelical Christian rally via teleconference, April 24, 2005. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/books/review/19brink.html?ex=1300424400&en=b41804555786248d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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| | Definition of Monarchy, Theocracy, Socialism, Communism, Dictatorship |
| | Fascism, Theocracies, Monarchies and Communism can all be dictatorships. | | | It cannot be a republic because a republic requires the separation of church and state and equal rights to all. | | | People who are loyal to a dictatorship swear allegiance to the person first and the country second. |
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| | On the Brink of 'Theocracy' |
| | Progressives who think warnings about "theocracy" are an exaggeration should take a closer look at "Justice Sunday: Filibustering People of Faith," the Christian Right telethon headlined by Senate Majority Leader William Frist. | | | The theocracy envisioned by the Christian Right centers around their interpretation of "family" and "values," with the U.S. Supreme Court portrayed as the font of the anti-religious moral decay that is destroying America. | | | James Dobson of Focus on the Family, another "Justice Sunday" speaker, railed against the Supreme Court as "arrogant and imperious and determined to redesign the culture according to their own biases and values," holding up the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. |
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http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0506-31.htm
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| | Romney warns of theocracy danger - The Boston Globe |
| | Fehrnstrom also pointed to an account earlier this month from the New York Times describing a letter obtained by the US forces in Iraq that was written by Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-ranking leader of Al Qaeda. | | | Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's communications director, said last night that the governor had made an assertion in earlier speeches that terrorists were seeking a broad based ''theocracy." Those remarks have not been widely reported, however. | | | They want to put in place a huge theocracy." |
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/10/11/romney_warns_of_theocracy_danger
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| | AlterNet: Confronting the Theocracy of Evil |
| | I had come face to face with a phenomenon I have come to describe as the 'theocracy of evil.' Going beyond mere political ideology, the theocracy of evil encompasses a faith-based value system that embraces a simplistic 'good versus evil' opposition. | | | The pervasiveness in America today of the 'theocracy of evil' has led to a widespread 'ends justify the means' mentality that may prove fatal to a democratic institution founded on the principle of the rule of law. | | | President George W. Bush repeatedly used the bully pulpit of the presidency to preach the 'theocracy of evil', most notably on Jan. 20, 2003, during his State of the Union address. |
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| | t r u t h o u t - Maureen Dowd Christmas Eve of Destruction |
| | As he said at his press conference on Monday, "the enemies of freedom" know that "a democratic Iraq will be a decisive blow to their ambitions because free people will never choose to live in tyranny." | | | They may choose to live in a theocracy, though. |
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| | Technorati Tag: theocracy |
| | Posts tagged Theocracy per day for the last 30 days. | | | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged theocracy. | | | Changing the Democracy to a Theocracy The GTL Party seeks to establish itself in every democratic county around the globe for the purpose of establishing a One World Theocratic government and the abolishment of capitalism. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tags/theocracy
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| | DIRELAND: THEOCRACY WATCH #1: Evolution Censored--But Americans Don't Believe In It Anyway |
| | Today DIRELAND inaugurates a new occasional feature: Theocracy Watch, which--as the increasing avalanche of assaults on the separation of Church and State and on rational thought warrants it--will bring you news of the Christian right's American Taliban and their depredations. | | | THEOCRACY WATCH #1: Evolution Censored--But Americans Don't Believe In It Anyway | | | March 22, 2005 11:18 AM Consider this: many in the South have long dreamed of a way to wreak vengeance on 'them damn Yankees' and this is the perfect way - turn America into a hypocritical moral theocracy modelled on their own hideously corrupt local governments. |
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http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/03/theocracy_watch.html
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| | Theocracy Lite |
| | The new Constitution, drafted under heavy pressure from the Administration, sets aside the secular personal law under which Iraqis have lived for nearly half a century in favor of theocracy lite. |
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| | Theocracy's Official Website! |
| | Theocracy hails from Athens, GA, and their critically-acclaimed, self-titled debut album was released on MetalAgesRecords in October of 2003. | | | Hopefully you will be able to find out a little more about the band and their music while you're here. | | | This lineup will make its recorded debut on the band's much-anticipated next release, which promises to meet the same high standard as the first album. |
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| | Democracy's push, theocracy's pull csmonitor.com |
| | There are many reasons to believe that Iraq will not end up as a mullah-controlled state - the next Iran. | | | But if such civic life is seen by others in the region as being imposed on Iraq, the consequences could be very negative. | | | WASHINGTON &; The startling explosion of Shiite passion in Iraq is forcing US officials to contemplate the possibility that by toppling Saddam Hussein they have made the region safe for theocracy rather than democracy. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0424/p01s03-woiq.html
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| | Examining the Real Agenda of the Religious Far Right - a Conference |
| | The 2004 election tells us that socially conscious citizens need to awaken to the ambitions of this influential religious movement. | | | What is the nature of the world order under God’s law that they anticipate? | | | He is the author of Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy. |
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http://www.opencenter.org/Trainings/Religious_Right_Agenda.html
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| | Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish |
| | I have come to respect both, and sometimes I find it particularly heartening to be involved in some cause where Christians and atheists can unite: such as fighting the tyrannical and blasphemous pretensions of theocracy. | | | Rick Hertzberg brought my attention to this little gem of an essay by Geoffrey Wheatcroft on the life and writing career of Dwight MacDonald, a man who has inspired many of the best left-of-center writers of our day. |
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| | theocracy - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "theocracy" is defined. | | | We found 31 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word theocracy: | | | Theocracy : THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info] |
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| | USATODAY.com - Iraqis wouldn't favor theocracy, U.K. general says |
| | It's exactly in conflict with the situation in Iran, which has a small handful of clerics who run the country," the secretary said. | | | Dutton, speaking by telephone from Basra, told reporters at the Pentagon that he doubts most Iraqis in the southeastern part of the country would favor an Iranian-style theocracy. | | | USATODAY.com - Iraqis wouldn't favor theocracy, U.K. general says |
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| | From Genesis To Dominion |
| | Reconstructionists believe conservative Christians should take "dominion" over American society. | | | The savings and loan heir has maintained a long-time relationship with Christian Reconstructionism, an extreme faction of the Religious Right that seeks to replace American democracy with a harsh fundamentalist theocracy. |
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http://www.dangerouscitizen.com/Articles/1090.aspx
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| | Instapundit.com - |
| | Basically, where people warn about theocracy in the United States, we're seeing what amounts to a trial for blasphemy in Italy. | | | Tom Wolfe once said that Fascism is forever descending on the United States, but that somehow it always lands on Europe. |
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| | village voice > news > Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway |
| | Last week President Bush called on his ever-prayerful cabinet to refocus its attention on shoring up Christian values, as part of his platform for "Communities of Character." In effect, he took another step in the Christian right's determined campaign to transform the U.S. into a theocracy. | | | That's not surprising, since the Christian right is Bush's most treasured political ally, and he's got to listen up when they speak. |
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http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0132/mondo.php
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