Challenging Theocracy – Ancient Lessons for Global Politics Tabachnick Hardback

Challenging TheocracyAncient Lessons for Global Politics\nAuthor(s): David Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski, Herminio Meireles Teixeira\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442649293, 978-1442649293\nSynopsis\nCommonly perceived as a direct threat to the practice of liberal democracy, the global reemergence of theocratic claims to political rule is a misunderstood development of twenty-first-century politics. 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. \n\n Providing an account of the origins and influence of theocracy, the chapters in this volume explore ancient texts that articulate the theocratic political ideas that continue to bubble under the surface of political life today. In an effort to con.