Blasphemy in the Christian world : a history / David Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, David (David S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blasphemy--History.

Blasphemy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Nash's new study focuses on the development of blasphemy in the Christian world. Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, he outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept, from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred and individual religious identity. - ;David Nash's new study focuses on the development of blasphemy in the Christian world. Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, he outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept, from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Past Invades the Present: Blasphemy in the Contemporary World; 2. Blasphemy in Words and Pictures: Part I, 1500-1800; 3. Blasphemy in Words and Pictures: Part II, 1800-2000; 4. Who Were the Blasphemers?; 5. Controlling the Profane; 6. Responses to Blasphemy: Victims and Communities; 7. Last Temptations and Visions of Ecstasy: Blasphemy and Film; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-16412-7

9786611164126

0-19-153120-0

1-4356-0997-2

OCLC:

476240227