By Stephen Palmquist (stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk)

Abednego, 77

abortion(s), 20n, 130-135, 137-141, 164-174

Abram/Abraham, 37, 47, 95, 138n

Abravanel, 154

absolute(s), 41-42, 47-48, 52-53, 69n, 91, 103, 118n, 123n, 133n, 152n, 161-162, 171 (see authority, freedom, power)

   -loyalty, 29, 74

Adam, 23, 26n, 93, 94, 155n, 162-163

   -andEve, 25, 36-37, 97, 101n, 103, 111n

alienation, 37, 69n, 95n, 107, 113, 119, 130

Ambrose, 159

Anabaptist, v

anarchy/-istic, 46, 51, 122-124n (see theoc­racy)

   -Christian, 46n, 89n, 123n, 141n

angel(s), 71n, 73n, 86n

anxiety, 58n, 75, 86n, 93n

aristocracy, 4, 12-22, 33, 51n, 53, 55, 56n, 63-64n

Aristotle, 2n, 4, 9-22, 45, 53-55, 87n, 96, 119n, 152

atheism, 32, 46

Atkinson, David, 114n, 115n, 125n, 126n, 133n, 137n, 142n, 162

Augustine, 43n, 45, 56n, 83n, 159

authority/-ies, 40-42n, 46n, 61, 63, 75, 77-81, 90, 97, 99, 101, 105, 108n, 121, 129, 132, 137n, 155-157, 166 (see power)

   -absolute/divine, 18, 26, 47, 51, 56, 106n, 109

autocracy, 45, 60n

 

Babel, 37, 83n

Barth, Karl, 79n, 141n

Bathsheba, 38n

Beijing, 85, 131n

bibliocracy (see eccle­sioc­racy)

blasphemy, 41

Blumhardt, 88n

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 75n, 79n, 86n, 94n, 102n, 116-117n, 122n, 126, 127n, 134n, 160

Burkhardt, Jakob, 43n

 

Caesar, 73, 74n, 78n

Cain, 37

Calvin, John, 43n

Calvinism, 61

Camus, Albert, 121n

capital punishment, 127

capitalism/-ist, 31-32, 51, 57n, 62, 64, 75n, 145

category mistake, 34-36

Catholic, 55-58

Charismatic, 55, 58-59

child(ren), 26-27, 89, 93, 124, 137n, 138-139, 169

   -as a foetus, 132-134, 138, 140, 167-170, 173

   -killing, 164, 165n, 167-168 (cf. abor­tion)

   -of God, 26, 28, 57, 93, 99n, 100, 122

   -of light vs. darkness, 60n

   -unwanted, 132, 138, 140, 165

China, i, 131-132n

Christ (see Jesus)

Christian(ity), passim

   -America, 58, 169

   -as revolutionary, 119n, 123n

   -vs. theocrat, 118-119n

Christmas, 71n

church, 48n, 52, 82n, 92, 117, 121, 123n, 126n, 127, 145, 160, 162, 165n, 170-171 (see politics)

   -and state, 35-36, 43n, 55, 56n, 63, 85n, 90, 157-158, 162

   -conformity of, 72n

   -welfare, 86n

Cicero, 159

citizen(s), 1-2, 10-11, 14-15, 18-21, 23, 25, 26n, 28, 32, 38, 53, 58, 84-85, 88, 131-132n, 137n, 145, 158 (see Roman)

City(ies), 1-3, 9-21, 23-24, 26n, 28, 35, 37-38, 41-43, 49n, 50, 62n, 71n, 83n, 86n, 94, 104n, 113, 146-147

   -of God, 43n, 56n

civil disobedience, 126-127, 165n, 173

clergy, 42n, 52n

communism, 1, 32, 51n

confession(s), 62, 92n, 117

Constantine, 123n

consumerism, 75n

creation, 25, 72, 114n, 121, 159

   -as nature, 93-95

   -new, 35n, 95, 101n, 104

cross, 24, 47, 48n, 62n, 63, 81, 98n, 100-102n, 105-106, 108, 116n, 120n, 123-124n, 136n, 169, 171-173, 174n

crusade(rs), 56, 121, 126, 171

culture, 82, 88, 93-94, 155n, 169, 171

   -religious, 60-61

curse, 41, 101n, 138

 

damnation, 59n

Daniel, 77, 166

Dark Ages, 56

David, 38n, 76, 92, 99, 126, 157n

death/dying, 19n, 30-31, 39-41, 51, 89, 91, 100n, 101, 104, 109, 111, 143, 162, 168n, 170

   -and resurrection, 44, 70, 71n, 105-106n, 115, 123n, 144, 146

   -to politics, 28-30, 47-49, 52, 83, 92, 103n

   -to self, 24, 54, 57, 59, 60n, 64, 102, 108, 172 (cf. self-denial)

democracy/-tic, i, 1, 4-5, 9, 12, 14-21, 26n, 36n, 42, 43n, 53, 55, 56n, 60n, 75n, 77, 87n, 104n, 116, 118, 131-132n, 145, 151, 157-158, 161

   -as a theocratic ideal, 63, 92n

   -as Christian, 22-24, 25n, 28, 34, 62n, 72n, 142-143

   -deception of, 31-33

   -Marxist, 22n, 51n

   -vs. totalitarian, 20n

demonic/-zation, 61-63, 102-103n, 111n, 122, 134

deterrence (nuclear), 115n, 125n, 127n, 137n

Devil (see Satan)

dignity, 23n, 62n, 115n, 116, 129

Dobson, Edward, 151

dream(s), 39, 73n, 117n, 145

Easter, 30

ecclesiocracy, 5, 60n, 61, 97 (see theocracy)

   -as bibliocracy, 57-58, 151n, 154, 156

   -as charismatocracy, 59

   -as halakhacracy, 156-158

   -as mammonacracy, 75

   -defined, 52

Eden, garden of, 25, 93, 101n, 118

education, 46

Eller, Vernard, 46n, 52, 55n, 71n, 73n, 80n, 82n, 88-89n, 97, 102n, 115n, 122-123n, 126n, 141n

Ellul, Jacques, 28, 29n, 38n, 40n, 43n, 45-46n, 48, 55-56n, 71-77n, 79n, 80-81n, 86n, 88n, 98n, 106n, 111n, 119n, 122-124n

Emmaus, 105n

end time, 42, 50, 65, 70-71n, 73n, 106n

Enlightenment, 45n

EronBrown,Margaret H.,38n

Esau, 103n

escapism, 75n, 84 (see theocracy)

eschatology, 50, 71-72n, 151n, 157n

Essenes, 156

eternity/-nal, 70-71n, 130, 171n

evangelism, 118

Eve, 31, 118 (see Adam)

evil, 5, 23-24, 30, 31n, 32, 34, 37-40, 44-45, 46n, 48n, 51-52, 55, 58, 59-60n, 76, 78-80, 81n, 83n, 84-85, 88, 100n, 101-110, 112, 114, 117, 120, 122, 124n, 125-128, 136-137, 138-139n, 145, 147, 149, 159-163, 165-166, 167n, 168, 170

   -God's use of, 80n, 98n, 106n

Ezekial, 157

Ezra, 157

 

faith, 22n, 41, 47, 49, 71n, 75n, 77, 82n, 99, 107-108, 116, 125, 128n, 133n, 144, 154-155, 171

   -democratic, 23n, 116

   -the Christian, 26n, 60n, 62n, 73n, 92n, 139n

   -theocratic, 123n, 128-129, 145, 170

fear, 5, 43n, 78, 79n, 112-113, 114n, 116-117, 118n, 120-121, 125, 128-129, 131n, 145, 168n, 169

   -of God, 84n, 87, 107, 149, 155

   -vs. fear of the world, 96-102

   -politics of, 93, 96-103, 106, 110

feelings, 109

Fiske, John, 57n

force, 29n, 52, 56, 58, 64, 81n, 85, 101n, 103, 136, 138n, 139-140, 166, 167n

   -military, 84, 96, 125, 142n

   -theocratic, 121-130, 142, 160-161

Foreman, Joseph, 79n, 86n, 133n, 166n, 168n, 171-174

forgiveness, 27n, 81, 102n, 105n, 111, 115, 125, 126n, 147

free(dom), i, 14, 19-21, 23, 25-28, 38, 49, 52-53, 58, 74-75, 79, 91-92, 94, 99n, 109-114, 118n, 131-132n, 138n, 166n, 168-169

   -absolute, 29-30, 42, 53-54

   -from law, 77n

   -politics of, 48n

   -religious, 5, 16n, 23-24, 31, 121

 

Gandhi, Mahatma, 124n, 127, 161

Georgi, Dieter, 151n

Gethsemane, 39n, 47, 101, 104

Gideon, 45, 47, 98n

gift(s), 25-31, 44, 54, 58, 86n, 87, 91-92, 97, 98n, 107-108, 110, 112, 115, 119, 121, 138, 144, 147, 166n

   -spiritual, 58-59, 143

giving and receiving, 95, 110-112, 115-116, 122, 143, 167

golden mean, 15-16

Goliath, 99

gospel, 27n, 40n, 48n, 50, 62n, 82, 87, 94n, 113, 118n, 120n, 126, 136, 164, 165n, 166, 172

grace, 27n, 30, 59, 102n, 108, 109n, 110, 112, 143, 145, 163

   -form(s) of, 60-61, 63

guilt, 126n, 136, 138, 139n, 160, 167-169, 171

 

heaven, 50, 70

Herod, 38n

Heschel, 139n

Hick, John, 32n

history, 44, 46n, 50, 56, 60n, 70-71n, 73n, 85n

Hitler, Adolf, 79n, 116n

Hobbes, Thomas, 2n

Holden, Barry, 22n, 51

Hong Kong, 131n, 142n

hope, 101, 109n, 125

   -eschatological, 60n, 71-72n

   -political, 41, 102n

   -theocratic, 44, 49, 153

humanism, 46, 62n, 170

   -secular, 116

humility, 25n, 90-92, 118-119, 126, 128, 133n, 135, 139n, 140, 146, 160, 170-172, 174

Hyma, Albert, 56n

 

idolatry, 26n, 58-59, 60n, 86n, 165n

ignorance, 71n, 76, 83n, 88n, 91, 105n

image of God, 25

imperialism, 61n

inerrancy, 117

insurance, 86n

IRA, 85

Iran, 58n

Israel, 37, 39, 44-45, 47n, 80n, 91-92, 99, 154, 157-158, 160, 170

   -Israelites, 29n, 78, 97, 98n, 111n

 

Jacob (Israel), 37, 73, 103n

Jaynes, Julian, 43n

Jericho, 98n

Jerusalem, the New, 42, 50

Jesus (Christ)/Lord, 18-19n, 22, 24n, 25, 28-30n, 32n, 35n, 39-41, 43n, 47-51, 59n, 69-75, 77n, 78, 80-83, 86-87, 89-90, 94n, 100-102, 104-108, 110-115, 117n, 118-119, 120n, 121-122, 123-124n, 125-126, 127n, 129-130, 132n, 134, 136-139, 142-145, 155n, 156, 157n, 159, 161-163, 165n, 166, 172-173

Job, 106-107

John, 46, 83, 106n, 166

Jordan, 44, 97

Josephus, 152, 154

Joshua, 57n

Judas, 81n, 121n

judge/-ment(al), 12-13, 28-29n, 38, 44, 45n, 54, 59n, 78, 85, 118, 125, 132-133n, 136n, 139n, 149, 171

justice/in-, i, 23n, 26n, 28-29n, 30, 40, 63, 73-74, 85, 88, 98, 105n, 122, 123n, 125, 127n, 129n, 134n, 135-136, 138-139n, 142n, 160, 163, 164, 167 (see war)

   -social, 5, 64, 84-87

justification, 118n

 

Kant, Immanuel, ii-iii, 4, 16n, 31n, 45n, 49n, 55-56n, 94n, 138n, 152n

King, Martin Luther, 124n, 127n, 161

king(s), 37-39, 44, 47n, 75-79, 80n, 84, 88n, 90, 92, 98n, 99, 126, 145, 157, 166

kingdom(s), 1, 23-24, 35, 40

   -of heaven/God's, 29n, 36n, 40-42, 43n, 50, 55n, 63, 65, 75, 77, 82, 86n, 87, 89, 100, 104-105, 107-109, 116, 123n, 125n, 136n, 142, 153, 160, 162

   -as coming/at hand, 5, 18, 67-73, 132, 134, 140-141, 146-147, 163, 169

   -keys of the, 40, 59, 72-73n

   -of the earth/worldly, 40

   -two, 34, 62n, 89n

   -worldly vs. theocratic, 51, 145

kingship, 4, 12-21, 22, 26n, 38n, 53, 55, 157n (cf. monarchy)

Koh­k, Erazim, 70-71n, 111n

 

language, 37, 83n

law(s)/Law, 12-15, 18-20, 23, 26n, 29n, 30, 34, 46-47, 52, 60n, 63, 86n, 92, 96-97, 119, 123, 126, 127n, 129-130, 134n, 135-139, 165-166, 168-170, 172 (see freedom, love)

   -as halakha, 154-158

   -Bible as, 57

   -external vs. internal, 38-39, 41, 48

   -natural, 28n,62n

   -of God/divine, 39, 41, 52, 54, 60n, 91, 156

   -of Moses, 30, 38, 44, 81, 156, 167

   -rule of, 77n, 156

   -tax, 73-75

   -unjust, 77n, 79n

Liberation Theology, v, 127n

libertarian(ism), 20n, 46n

life insurance, 145

Locke, John, 2n

Lord, Carnes, 9n, 14n

love, 62n, 78, 85, 87, 94, 96n, 98n, 99-100, 102n

   -Law of, 41, 47, 52, 54, 80n, 136, 138n, 169, 172

   -of neighbor, 58, 105n, 112, 124, 130-131, 140, 143, 145, 165, 172

   -politics of, 42, 112-145

   -self-, 23n, 169

   -self-giving/emptying, 31, 48, 73n, 122, 136, 141-145, 162

   -theocratic, 82, 95

Luke, 101n, 111

Luther, Martin, 88n

Lutheranism, 64

 

Machiavelli, Niccolo, 96n

Maimonides, 154

majority rule, 14, 19

mammonacracy (see ecclesiocracy)

Maritain, Jacques, 62n, 71n, 77n, 159

marital relations, 93, 112n, 144

Marxism/-ist, 22n, 51, 64

Mayhew, 127n

media, 31, 104-105n, 120n, 135n, 141n

Merton, Thomas, 121, 161

Meshach, 77

miracle(s), 73n, 75n

Moltmann, Jürgen, 48n, 87n

monarchy, 56n (cf.king­ship)

   -vs. republican political systems, 11-21, 72n

money, 31, 75, 116

Moral Majority, 58, 125n

Moses, 38, 57n, 90, 97, 128, 152, 157n, 166 (see Law)

Mother Theresa, 141n

Mueller, J.G., 153

mystics/-al, 37n, 122n

 

Napoleon, 72n

nature, 28n

   -vs. world, 93-95, 97, 107, 109, 111n

Nazareth, 113

Nebuchadnezzar, 39

Nehemiah, 157

Neuhaus, Richard John, 3n, 22n, 31n, 35-36n, 43n, 48n, 52n, 58n, 60-61n, 70n, 90-91, 114n, 116-118

New Age, 119-120

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 23n, 25n, 60n, 123n, 142n

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 32-33n

Noah, 37

non-attachment, 49n, 74n, 81-84, 92n, 107

nonexistence, 39n

nonresistance, 78-81, 121, 124n, 129n, 137, 138n, 144n, 159, 162, 168, 170

nonviolence, 122n, 165n

   -vs. violence, 5, 80, 121n, 124, 127n, 129, 159-162

 

occult, 120

oligarchy, 4, 12-21, 32, 51n, 53, 55

Operation Rescue, 139n, 164-174

 

pacifism, v, 51-52, 64, 121-124, 126n, 159-162

parables, 26, 29n, 40, 73n

Parthian, 80n

Pascal, Blaise, 102-103

pastor(s), 89, 92, 130, 131n

Paul, 22, 26, 27n, 28, 30, 41, 72, 77-81, 90, 93, 95, 100, 105-106n, 107-108, 112n, 113, 117-119, 121, 124n, 128, 134, 136-137, 143-144, 157n

peace, 7, 44, 48-49, 86n, 114-115, 121-122, 123n, 128, 134, 137n, 158, 163, 172-173n

perfect(ion), 30, 47-48, 60, 85n, 100

Perrin, Norman, 73n, 94n

perspective, 4

   -theocratic, 49n

   -transcendental vs. em­pirical, 4, 49n

Peter, 40, 75, 104, 166

Petersen, Arnold, 151n

Pharisees, 40-41, 59n, 71, 110-111, 119, 156

Philistines, 99

Philo, 154

philosophy, ii-iv, 4, 49n, 83, 89n, 119, 137, 152, 155n, 161

   -Aristotle's, 55, 119n

   -as a theocratic vocation, 88n

   -Kant's, 94n

   -moral, 31n

   -of religion, 56n

   -political, 2-3n, 9-21, 24-25n, 34, 36, 62n, 151

physics, 89n

Pilate, 51, 80, 81n

Plato, 2n, 14n, 53n

Plöger, Otto, 157n

pluralism, 117-118

Pojman, 25n

police, 77n

politics/-al, passim, (see Aristotle, fear, love, spiritual; cf. powers)

   -and spirituality, 85n

   -and theology, v, 89n (see theocracy)

   -as a theocratic voca­tion, 87-92

   -as agreement, 2-4, 23, 25, 28, 36-37, 39, 84, 97, 144

   -as Christian?, ii-iii, v, 1, 4-5, 7-65

   -as partnership, 10-11

   -business, 10

   -church, 11n, 81, 90, 108

   -compared to family re­lations, 18, 21, 45, 53-54, 56-57, 119

   -defined, 1-4

   -family, 10, 12, 89-90, 139n, 144

   -goal of all, 71n

   -in the Gospels, 39-41

   -in the Old Testament, 36-39

   -party, 1, 22n, 57n, 62, 115n (see theoc­ra­cy)

   -secular, 35n

   -the Bible's version of, 34-49

   -theocratic, passim

   -worldly (systems), 30, 34-36, 54-55, 56n, 71-72n, 73, 78, 84, 87-88, 89n, 91-92, 96-98, 108, 114-115n, 116, 119n, 122, 123n, 124, 136, 144n, 145, 163-164

   -as a means of doing good, 81n

   -legitimation of, 74n, 79-80n, 137n, 143

   -vs. natural, 4-5, 36, 93-95

polity, 4, 22, 53, 55

possession(s), 24n, 26-29, 31, 47-48, 58-60, 64, 75, 97, 102-104, 107, 109, 111-112, 117, 118n, 121, 128-129

poverty/poor, 5, 14-21, 26n, 31, 75n, 84-87, 88n, 91, 96n, 107, 110, 113, 115-116, 143

power(s), 5, 37, 40, 46, 48-49, 64, 69n, 76-77n, 79-80, 83n, 84, 87n, 88, 97, 98n, 99, 106n, 108, 115, 120, 124n, 126n, 137n, 142, 145, 158n, 159, 162, 172

   -absolute, 18, 28n, 55-56, 153

   -and authority/-ies, 3, 11-21, 24, 26-27, 42, 52-57, 59, 87, 89, 90-91, 103, 105n, 119n, 140, 146

   -and love, 61, 142n

   -God's, 60n, 75, 91, 106n, 107, 110, 142, 147

   -misuse of, 38, 44, 78n

   -separation of, 142, 158

   -structures/-ing, 32, 102-103n, 114-115n, 163

   -the paradox of, 48n

   -worldly, 71-72n, 101, 122, 125, 127n

   -vs. theocratic, 47, 145, 156

prayer, 77, 101, 109n, 129, 132, 135n, 136, 141n, 146-147, 165n

priest(s), 10, 37, 89n, 130n, 157

pro-life, 122n, 164, 165n, 170

   -vs. pro-choice, 132, 134, 135n, 169n, 173-174

   -vs. pro-love, 133, 135, 139

propaganda, 31, 96, 168, 169n

prophet(ic), 38n, 82, 85n, 94n, 109n

protest(ers), 76-77, 79-80n, 120n, 130, 132, 133n, 135n, 138-139, 164-165, 173

Protestant(ism), 55, 57-58, 63

Pullinger, Jackie, iii, 141n

Puritans, 57n, 151n

 

quietism, 48n

 

Rahab, 166

reconciliation, v, 105n, 168, 172

   -God and the world, 5, 113-114

   -minstry of, 113-122, 130-134, 137, 139, 140n, 174

redemption, 48n, 50, 72, 93, 95n, 108n, 119-120n

repentance, 27, 109, 167n

republican, 89n (see monarchy)

retribution, 125

revolution(ary), 17, 51, 79, 80n, 121-123n, 154 (see Christianity)

rich(es) (see wealth)

right(s), i, 11n, 18, 20-21, 23-32, 47, 49, 52-54, 62n, 64, 87n, 91, 94-95, 97, 102n, 103, 106n, 107, 112, 122, 123-124n, 128-129, 132, 134, 136n, 143-145, 147, 165, 169, 172n

   -inalienable, 24-28, 31, 84, 133n

   -of the poor, 84-85

   -to life, 27, 31, 133

   -vs. value, 25-26n, 143-144

Roman (Empire), 2, 73, 80n

   -citizens, 28, 30, 39n

   -government, 78, 81n, 105

Ryle, Gilbert, 34n

 

sacred vs. profane, 35n, 60-61

Sadducees, 156

salvation, 26-27n, 59n, 96n, 100, 171

Samaria/-itan, 130, 131n, 141

Samuel, 37-38, 57n, 88n, 99

Sanford, John A., 74n, 100, 117n

Sanhedrin, 129, 156

Satan/Devil, 23, 31-32, 39-40, 41n, 46, 54, 103-104, 106-107, 118, 120-121, 163, 170

   -Antichrist, 116n

Saul, 76, 92, 99, 100n, 126, 157

second coming, 70-72n, 72

secular(ism), 31n, 34, 35n, 133n, 152n, 156 (see human­ism)

self-denial, 64, 95, 101n, 105, 144n, 158 (cf. death to self)

self-image, 143-144

separatism, 50-51, 123n, 153

servanthood/slavery, 25, 27-28, 30, 49, 51, 53, 75, 77-78, 81, 83n, 89-90, 93, 100, 105, 115n, 119, 136-137, 138n, 172

Shadrack, 77

Sider, Ronald J., 145, 161, 172n

Silas, 27-28

silence, 83n, 94, 109-110

sin(s)/-ful/-ner, 23-24, 27, 29n, 30, 38, 54, 60n, 70, 81n, 83n, 95n, 102n, 103, 105n, 106-108, 110, 115, 118n, 126, 133n, 138-139n, 145-146, 163, 166, 167n, 168, 171, 173-174

Skillen, James W., 57n

slave, 11n, 22, 80, 129 (see servanthood)

socialism/-ist(s), 1, 72n, 115n, 116

   -religious, 60-64, 94n

   -theocratic, 86

Socrates, 19n, 83n, 86n

Spinoza, Benedictus, 154-155

spirit(ual)/Spirit, 34, 35n, 38, 46-47, 57, 63, 69n, 72, 86, 88, 98n, 100-102, 106n, 111-112n, 113, 122n, 127n, 129, 135, 146-147, 171

   -Holy/God's, 35n, 41, 46-47, 60n, 115, 123n

   -principles, 58

   -vs. political, 74n, 82, 89, 97, 108n, 144n

   -Way of, 41

Stackhouse,Reginald, 42-43n, 48n, 79n, 83n, 86n, 102-103n, 115n

state(s), 2, 23, 28n, 38, 53, 63, 84, 96n, 114n, 115n, 122n, 137n, 153, 157-158n, 159, 162-163

   -ideal, 51n

   -theocratic, 57n, 61n

stewardship, 111-112 (cf. possessions)

Stringfellow, William, 34n, 36, 41n, 71n, 79n, 114n, 127

Stumpf, Samuel Enoch, 23n

submission, 75, 78-80, 114, 123n, 127n, 128, 144, 146, 153, 167n, 168, 172-173, 174n

suffer(ing), 5, 24-25, 31, 47-48, 51n, 76, 86, 89n, 95n, 100-115, 120n, 122, 129-130, 131n, 138, 139n, 141n, 142, 160

   -as childbirth, 72, 93, 134

   -joy of, 107-108, 165

   -unjust(ly), 77-81, 101, 107, 167n, 173-174

sword, 29n

synthetic/-sis

   -a priori, 4, 49

   -logic, 83n, 90, 105n

   -of heaven and earth, 72, 73n

 

tax(es), 86n (see laws)

   -evasion, 75, 77n

temptation(s), 39, 47, 51, 57, 70n, 82, 100n, 101-104, 106, 108, 112, 113, 120n, 136-137, 147, 159, 163

Terry, Randall, 164-171, 172n

theocracy/-tic, 5 (see democracy, faith, love, philosophy, politics, state, violence)

   -activism, 72, 87

   -and ideal democracy, 63

   -as a way of life, 64, 136, 163, 174

   -examples of, 141-142n

   -as individual, 95 (see justice)

   -as not utopian, 69-70

   -as political and non-political, 47-49, 83n, 152

   -as two-eyed, 110-112, 115

   -biblical, iv-v, 42-43n, 103n, 151, and passim

   -bicameral, 43n

   -defined, 42, 61

   -guidelines for implementing, 69-92

   -in Judges 44-45

   -Jewish, 38n, 43n, 54, 57n, 151-158

   -justice and poverty, 84-87

   -misconceptions/perversions of, 42-43n, 50-59 (cf. ecclesiocracy)

   -politician, 5, 87-92

   -vs. anarchy, 46n, 77n, 88n, 106n, 124n, 153

   -vs. ecclesiocracy, 52-59, 72n, 92, 103n, 140, 151-158

   -vs. escapism, 50-52

   -vs. party politics, 83

   -vs. political theology, 59-65

theology/-ians, 92, 119n, 130-131, 151 (see Liberation, politics, theocracy)

   -of politics, v

theonomy(-ists), 46, 57n, 60-61, 63

Tillich, Paul, 32, 35n, 57n, 59-65, 69n, 73n, 93-94n, 115n, 117n, 122n, 142n

timocracy, 12-14n, 18-21, 53

Tinder, Glenn, 48n, 73n, 85n, 95n, 102n, 108-109n, 124n, 143, 160

Tolstoi, Leo, 64

tongues, 59

Torah, 155, 157

totalitarianism, 58n

Tournier, Paul, 144n

tyranny, 4, 12-21, 32, 53, 55, 80n

 

utopia(nism), 51, 69n, 73n, 121n, 145, 163

   -Marxist, 60n

 

value, 25-26n

vengeance, 125, 128, 129n, 137n

violence, 12n, 37, 46, 56n, 101, 120n, 126n, 127, 129, 136 (cf. non­violence)

   -legitimation of, 121n, 127-128n

   -theocratic, 125

virtue, 13-21

vision, iii, 3-4, 30, 36, 42, 49, 56n, 64-65, 69n, 70-71, 74n, 82, 83n, 87, 95, 96n, 106n, 110-111, 115, 125, 136, 141, 143, 146, 151, 154, 159, 161-164, 173-174 (see politics)

voting, 19n, 51, 83n, 90, 92n, 124n

 

war(s), 82, 96n, 101, 121, 125, 126n, 135n, 164

   -in the Bible, 98n, 159-161

   -just, v, 41n, 98n, 115n, 124, 159-161

wealth(y)/rich(es), 13-21, 75, 86n, 87, 143

Weil, Simone, 161

Weiler, Gershon, 151-158

welfare programs, 85, 85-86n, 115-116

Wittgenstein,Ludwig, 83n

Wurmbrand, Richard, 141-142n

 

Yoder, John Howard, 2n, 39n, 48n, 73-74n, 79n, 89, 95n, 98n, 100n, 101, 105, 108, 118, 123n, 126n, 129

 

Zealot(s)/zealot(ism), 39n, 81n, 121-122n, 170