Bibliograph

Profane, sacrilegious expression in a multicultural age, edited by Christopher S. Grenda, Chris Beneke, and David Nash ; foreword by Martin E. Marty

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Profane, sacrilegious expression in a multicultural age, edited by Christopher S. Grenda, Chris Beneke, and David Nash ; foreword by Martin E. Marty

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Profane

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

861955177

Responsibility statement

edited by Christopher S. Grenda, Chris Beneke, and David Nash ; foreword by Martin E. Marty

Sub title

sacrilegious expression in a multicultural age

Summary

"Humans have been uttering profane words, and incurring the consequences, for millennia. But recent events--from the violence that followed Danish newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, in 2006, to the furor over The Innocence of Muslims, in 2012--indicate that blasphemy has reemerged in explosive transnational form. In an age when electronic media transmit offense as rapidly as profane images and texts are produced, blasphemy is bracingly relevant again in our multicultural world. In this volume, a distinguished cast of international scholars examines the profound difficulties blasphemy raises for modern societies. Contributors examine how the sacred is formed and maintained, how sacrilegious expression is conceived and regulated, and how the resulting conflicts resist easy adjudication. Their studies range across art, history, politics, law, literature, and theology. Because of the global nature of the problem, the volume's approach is comparative, examining blasphemy across cultural and geopolitical boundaries"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword Martin E. Marty Introduction: On the Modern Confluence of Blasphemy, Free Expression, and Hate Speech Christopher S. Grenda, Chris Beneke, and David Nash PART ONE. CREATING SPACE FOR SACRILEGIOUS EXPRESSION 1. Thick-Skinned Tolerance: Satire, the Sacred, and the Rise of the Modern Christopher S. Grenda 2. The Productive Obscene: Philip Roth and the Profanity Loop Jacques Berlinerblau 3. Defaced: The Art of Blaspheming Texts and Images in the West David Lawton PART TWO. SACRILEGE AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT 4. Blasphemy and Free Thought in Jacksonian America: The Case of Abner Kneeland Paul Finkelman 5. Secular Blasphemies: Symbolic Offense in Modern Democracy Robert A. Yelle PART THREE. CIVILITY, THE SACRED, AND HUMAN RIGHTS 6. Muslim Political Theology: Defamation, Apostasy, and Anathema Ebrahim Moosa 7. Protesting Sacrilege: Blasphemy and Violence in Muslim-Majority States Ron E. Hassner 8. The Indonesian Blasphemy Act: A Legal and Social Analysis Asma T. Uddin 9. Profound Offense and Religion in Secular Democracies: An Australian Perspective Elizabeth Burns Coleman 10. Blasphemy versus Incitement: An International Law Perspective Jeroen Temperman Afterword: Blasphemy beyond Modernism David Nash List of Contributors Index

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