David Edward Tabachnick is a professor in the Department of Political Science, Philosophy and Economics at Nipissing University. Toivo Koivukoski is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Nipissing University.Hermínio Meireles Teixeira is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Philosophy and Economics at Nipissing University.

• Part One: Theocracy in Ancient Political Thought and Practice Theocracy as Temptation: Empire and MindfulnessFred DallmayrThe Confrontation between Classical Political Philosophy and the Gods of the CityMark Lutz Between Rationalism and Theocracy: Plato, the Mysteries, and F.W.J. Schelling’s Analysis of the Modern StateSteven McGuireThe Place of Religion in Politics: On Analogous Gods and the Piety of the Unspoken Toivo KoivukoskiThe Aristotelian Roots of Religious Governance Approaches Jeremy NeillPart Two: Theocracy and Modern State Politics The Non-Theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)Houchang Hassan-YariIslamism in North Africa: From Cairo to Tunis Jeffry HalversonTheocratic Arguments in JudaismAlan MittlemanSaving Miracles: Political Theology and Theocracy in the Schmitt-Benjamin Encounter Hermínio Meireles TeixeiraPart Three: Responding to the Challenges of Theocracy Theocracy’s ChallengePeter SimpsonThe Impossibility of Theocracy: The Weakness of the Gods Yvonne SherwoodUnderstanding Our Adversaries: Ancient vs. Modern Political Thought James Franke and Laurie JohnsonReligion, Tolerance and American Theocratic Politics: Lessons for the Contemporary EraScott HibbardShaftesbury’s Characteristics and the Problem of Priestcraft Ronald Beiner