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'''Theocracy''' is a form of government in which a [[god]] or [[deity]] is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler,[1] 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.[2] For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine [[power]] governs an earthly [[human]] [[state]], either in a [[personal]] [[incarnation]] or, more often, via religious institutional representatives (i.e., a church), replacing or dominating civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s.

'''Theocracy''' is a form of government in which a [[god]] or [[deity]] is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler,[1] 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.[2] For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine [[power]] governs an earthly [[human]] [[state]], either in a [[personal]] [[incarnation]] or, more often, via religious institutional representatives (i.e., a church), replacing or dominating civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s.

==References==

==References==

#[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm|Catholic Catholic Encylopedia] "A form of civil government in which God himself is recognized as the head."

#[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm|Catholic Catholic Encylopedia] "A form of civil government in which God himself is recognized as the head."

#[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm|Catholic 1]

#[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm|Catholic 1]

#[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm|Catholic CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Theocracy]

#[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm|Catholic CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Theocracy]

#Stephen Palmquist, [http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/bth Biblical Theocracy]: A vision of the biblical foundations for a Christian political philosophy (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press, 1993), introduced these more precise uses of the terms in arguing that theocracy (in this pure sense) is the only political system defended in the Bible. While Palmquist defends theocracy in this pure form as a viable (though "non-political" political system, he warns that what normally goes by this name is actually ecclesiocracy, the most dangerous of all political systems.

#Stephen Palmquist, [https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/bth Biblical Theocracy]: A vision of the biblical foundations for a Christian political philosophy (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press, 1993), introduced these more precise uses of the terms in arguing that theocracy (in this pure sense) is the only political system defended in the Bible. While Palmquist defends theocracy in this pure form as a viable (though "non-political" political system, he warns that what normally goes by this name is actually ecclesiocracy, the most dangerous of all political systems.

#[http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=25&rmenuid=12 Department of Education]

#[https://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=25&rmenuid=12 Department of Education]

#[http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=25&rmenuid=12 Department of Health]

#[https://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=25&rmenuid=12 Department of Health]

#[http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=19&rmenuid=9 Department of Religion and Culture]

#[https://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=19&rmenuid=9 Department of Religion and Culture]

#[http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=9 Tibet in Exile]

#[https://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=9 Tibet in Exile]

#[http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=15 Constitution]

#[https://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=15 Constitution]

#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_S._Lopez,_Jr. Lopez, Donald S. (1998), Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West], Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 190-196, ISBN 0226493113  

#[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_S._Lopez,_Jr. Lopez, Donald S. (1998), Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West], Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 190-196, ISBN 0226493113  

#[http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2008/09/200893014344405483.html Al Jazeera News Documentary People and Power] [2]

#[https://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2008/09/200893014344405483.html Al Jazeera News Documentary People and Power] [2]

#[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html CIA World Factbook - Iran]

#[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html CIA World Factbook - Iran]

#[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vt.html CIA World Factbook - Holy See]

#[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vt.html CIA World Factbook - Holy See]

#[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html CIA World Factbook - Israel]

#[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html CIA World Factbook - Israel]

#Davidson, Ronald M. (2004), "Tibet", in Buswell, Jr., Robert E., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism, USA: Macmillan Reference USA, pp. 851-59, ISBN 0028659104  

#Davidson, Ronald M. (2004), "Tibet", in Buswell, Jr., Robert E., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism, USA: Macmillan Reference USA, pp. 851-59, ISBN 0028659104  

#[http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html Friendly Fuedalism - The Tibet Myth]

#[https://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html Friendly Fuedalism - The Tibet Myth]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/bth Biblical Theocracy], etext of a book by [[Stephen Palmquist]] (Philopsychy Press, 1993).

* [https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/bth Biblical Theocracy], etext of a book by [[Stephen Palmquist]] (Philopsychy Press, 1993).

* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=theocracy&searchmode=none EtymologyOnLine]

* [https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=theocracy&searchmode=none EtymologyOnLine]

* [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2184/jewish/Is-Judaism-a-Theocracy.htm Is Judaism a Theocracy?] chabad.org

* [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2184/jewish/Is-Judaism-a-Theocracy.htm Is Judaism a Theocracy?] chabad.org

* [http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0607/articles/douthat.html First Things, August/September 2006, p. 23-30] - Theocracy, Theocracy, Theocracy

* [https://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0607/articles/douthat.html First Things, August/September 2006, p. 23-30] - Theocracy, Theocracy, Theocracy

* [http://eteraz.wordpress.com/2006/01/23/caliphate-the-future-of-islamic-theocracy Caliphate: The Future of Islamic Theocracy]

* [https://eteraz.wordpress.com/2006/01/23/caliphate-the-future-of-islamic-theocracy Caliphate: The Future of Islamic Theocracy]

* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/freedom.html Freedom of Religion in Israel]

* [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/freedom.html Freedom of Religion in Israel]

* [http://www.theocraticresearch.com/ History and development of Watchtower Society.] Bible based teachings that Kingdom of God will restore Theocracy to the Earth.

* [https://www.theocraticresearch.com/ History and development of Watchtower Society.] Bible based teachings that Kingdom of God will restore Theocracy to the Earth.

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