{"product_id":"challenging-theocracy-9781442626676","title":"Challenging Theocracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Theocracy in Ancient Political Thought and Practice      Theocracy as Temptation: Empire and Mindfulness Fred Dallmayr  The Confrontation between Classical Political Philosophy and the Gods of the City Mark Lutz   Between Rationalism and Theocracy: Plato, the Mysteries, and F.W.J. Schelling’s Analysis of the Modern State Steven McGuire  The Place of Religion in Politics: On Analogous Gods and the Piety of the Unspoken  Toivo Koivukoski  The Aristotelian Roots of Religious Governance Approaches  Jeremy Neill   Part Two: Theocracy and Modern State Politics      The Non-Theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Houchang Hassan-Yari  Islamism in North Africa: From Cairo to Tunis  Jeffry Halverson  Theocratic Arguments in Judaism Alan Mittleman  Saving Miracles: Political Theology and Theocracy in the Schmitt-Benjamin Encounter Hermínio  Meireles Teixeira   Part Three: Responding to the Challenges of Theocracy      Theocracy’s Challenge Peter Simpson  The Impossibility of Theocracy: The Weakness of the Gods  Yvonne Sherwood  Understanding Our Adversaries: Ancient vs. Modern Political Thought  James Franke and Laurie Johnson  Religion, Tolerance and American Theocratic Politics: Lessons for the Contemporary Era Scott Hibbard  Shaftesbury’s Characteristics and the Problem of Priestcraft  Ronald Beiner","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408354124119,"sku":"9781442626676","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442626676.jpg?v=1730502564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/challenging-theocracy-9781442626676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}