Blasphemy in the Christian world [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / David Nash

• Autore: Nash David (David S.)
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 241.69509
• Soggetto topico: Blasphemy - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Blasphemy in the Christian world
• ISBN: 1-281-16412-7; 9786611164126; 0-19-153120-0; 1-4356-0997-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809987103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II