2006-07-16 17:05:12 · 6 answers · asked by Kellie B 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
religious leaders in power.
Vatican City.
2006-07-16 17:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by truthyness 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theocracy is a country where the civil law is determined entirely by religious law. Religious law is determined by divine decree and is unappealable through human instituions.
Iran is the only one that I am aware of currently. Israel is not. It has a secular government. Somalia seems to be headed that way.
No, the US is not a theocracy. It is not even close. When you can't even put a baby in a manger on Christmas, its not a theocracy.
2006-07-17 00:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by optionseeker1989 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theocracy is a political system based on religious law. Iran is a theocracy based on sharia, or islamic law. the papal state, vatican City, is not a theocracy since it is the home of the pope and college of cardinals, but has no permanent population. it does have a diplomatic corps but not in the same sense as a nation would have.
2006-07-17 00:14:18 · answer #3 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose to the atheist minded a theocracy would be any government that mentions or even hints the slightest about anything religion. Religiphobes they are.
2006-07-17 04:06:42 · answer #4 · answered by jack f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious idiots running things like in Iran and the US.
2006-07-17 00:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by parshooter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Israel
2006-07-17 03:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by sighman_legris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋