Challenging Theocracy: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics

Published by University of Toronto Press 2018

Challenging Theocracy

Ancient Lessons for Global Politics

Edited by: David Tabachnick , Toivo Koivukoski and Herminio Meireles Teixeira

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442619890

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Analyzing the relationship between religion and politics throughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States, as well as classical and medieval political philosophical sources, Challenging Theocracy critiques the contemporary formation of theocracy and the persistence of theocratic ideas around the world.

Author / Editor information

Tabachnick David :

David Edward Tabachnick is a professor in the Department of Political Science, Philosophy and Economics at Nipissing University.
Koivukoski Toivo :

Toivo Koivukoski is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Nipissing University.

Teixeira Herminio Meireles :

Hermínio Meireles Teixeira is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Philosophy and Economics at Nipissing University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface David Edward Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski and Hermínio Meireles Teixeira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Part One. Theocracy in Ancient Political Thought and Practice
1. Theocracy as Temptation: Empire and Mindfulness Fred Dallmayr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. The Confrontation between Classical Political Philosophy and the Gods of the City Mark J. Lutz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
3. Between Rationalism and Theocracy: Plato, the Mysteries, and F.W.J. Schelling’s Analysis of the Modern State Steven F. Mcguire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
4. The Place of Religion in Politics: On Analogous Gods and the Piety of the Unspoken Toivo Koivukoski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. The Aristotelian Roots of Religious Governance Approaches Jeremy Neill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
PART TWO. Theocracy and Modern State Politics
6. The Non-Theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Houchang Hassan-Yari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
7. Islamism in North Africa: From Cairo to Tunis Jeffry R. Halverson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
8. Theocratic Arguments in Judaism Alan Mittleman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
9. Saving Miracles: Political Theology and Theocracy in the Schmitt-Benjamin Encounter Hermínio Meireles Teixeira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
PART THREE. Responding to the Challenges of Theocracy
10. Theocracy’s Challenge Peter L.P. Simpson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
11. The Impossibility of Theocracy: The Weakness of the Gods Yvonne Sherwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
12. Understanding Our Adversaries: Ancient vs. Modern Political Thought James Franke and Laurie M. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
13. Religion, Tolerance, and American Theocratic Politics: Lessons for the Contemporary Era Scott W. Hibbard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
14. Shaftesbury’s Characteristics and the Problem of Priestcraft Ronald Beiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 368

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Published: June 12, 2018
ISBN: 9781442619890