02677nam 2200565 a 450 991045081330332120200520144314.01-281-16412-797866111641260-19-153120-01-4356-0997-2(CKB)1000000000407389(EBL)415126(OCoLC)476240227(SSID)ssj0000113111(PQKBManifestationID)11133816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113111(PQKBWorkID)10121370(PQKB)10990927(MiAaPQ)EBC415126(Au-PeEL)EBL415126(CaPaEBR)ebr10190488(CaONFJC)MIL116412(EXLCZ)99100000000040738920070919d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlasphemy in the Christian world[electronic resource] a history /David NashOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-925516-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.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; IndexDavid 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 BlasphemyHistoryElectronic books.BlasphemyHistory.241.69509Nash David(David S.)849394MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450813303321Blasphemy in the Christian world2051869UNINA