Theocracy is a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. 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. [1] Theocratic governments enact theonomic laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
The term that best describes a government based on religion is called a Theocracy (Theo meaning God).
a government based on religion
Limited democracy; Polytheism.
Yes. Religion and Government can operate cohesively provided 1. country should have single religion 2. Religion should be based on human values, and 3. Constitution on which Government runs the country should be based on the principles of religion which is followed by the country people. Most of the Muslim and few Buddhist countries are examples of this.
Monotheistic; based upon Divine revelation.
It is a government based solely upon religion. It depends on the religion to see what its like. Basically the beliefs the religion has are turned into laws. So if the religion says you cant eat a cow, then eating a cow would be illegal in a theocratic government.
Islam is not a government. It is a religion. The Muslim may adopt any kind of Government as suited to their will.
Penn was a Quaker and his philosophy on government and religion was based on his being a Quaker. He was arrested and jailed many times for being a Quaker and not following the state religion.
Canada does not discriminate based on religion and hopefully the government of Egypt will respect it's citizens regardless of religion from now on.
A theocracy is a religion based government.
I think it kind of depends on the kind of scripture you are speaking of, but I for most cases, the answer is no. It is based off of the word of the God of the religion and the religion's prophets
Democrat Government, which had freedom of religion to fellow crackmonkey's such as George Washington.