{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Reformed Libertarians Podcast","title":"Ep. 15: Can Christian Civil Government Be \"Theocratic\"?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1754,"description":"A discussion of whether a Reformed Christian view of civil governance is compatible with theocracy. We explain how the term \"theocratic\" has been used, and two key elements of a theocratic view (namely, the monopoly state and civil establishment of religion) that must be rejected in a genuinely Christian view of civil governance. We also touch on how some who support a theocratic view go wrong in their eschatology.https://reformedlibertarians.com/015/00:00 Start00:32 Episode description01:27 About the history of the term https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/political-science-and-government/political-science-terms-and-concepts/theocracy02:22 All of life, and so all politics, is ultimately guided by central religious commitments04:45 The objectionable sense of \"theocratic\" is not entailed by the universality of central religious commitments and their ultimate guidance of all of life05:28 Two key elements of theocracy are \"a monopoly state\" and \"civil establishment of religion\"; Monopoly explained07:41 Just and unjust uses of coercion; The obligation of non-aggression; The illegitimacy of all states12:13 A simple analogy15:12 Establishmentarianism explained https://reformedlibertarians.com/against-civil-establishment-of-religion/16:46 The unique, symbolic, and temporary (now obsolete) old Mosaic covenant theocracy involved suspension of the common grace order; It was a temporary symbolic-intrusion of final judgment and the kingdom of God, now inaugurated in the new covenant institutional church, and yet to be consummated in the New Heavens and Earth19:59 While the old covenant was in effect, it was not a violation of non-aggression  https://reformedlibertarians.com/002 ; Now, in the new covenant era, the normal operation of the common grace order has resumed; This entails prohibition of establishmentarianism and monopoly, enacting either is antichrist22:03 Genuinely limited governance, required by God's ultimate sovereignty, according to a consistent...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_ffQojCKkfVxhZ9aBJTTn0-xS1eU1nXEHMhYA1yDuC0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ4NzE1LzE3MDUz/MzM2MzItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}