Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, From Moses to Salman Rushdie
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807845159 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 700 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Leonard Levy traces the varied meanings of blasphemy throughout Western law. We have become, he charges, not only a free society but one that is 'numb' to outrage.. He argues that while past sanctions against the crime have inhibited all manner of cultural, political, scientific, and literary expression, we also pay a price for our extraordinary expansion of the scope of permissible speech
Jack D. Eller said Great and important book, without any agenda. Reviewers too often let their personal beliefs get in the way of their reviews, in which case they are not reviewing the book at all but merely spouting a belief. This book, written by a serious historian and First Amendment scholar, is an incredible resource for the history of blasphemy and. schmeviticus The interesting part of the book is the way the justification for blasphemy laws morphed smoothly over the years, even as the punishment changed very little. If you go back thousands of years, blasphemy laws made a great deal of sense -- people literally believed that gods were offended by b. A Study in Religious Toleration and a Warning James E. Egolf Leonard Levy's book titled BLASPHEMY is a well doucmented book re the history of blasphemy persecutions and trials. Levy made clear that a defintion of blasphemy was an any affront against the sacred. He also states that one man's blasphemy can be another man's "true religion." Another impor
For centuries the Catholic Church persecuted blasphemers and heretics for their divergent views. Athens to medieval persecution of the Jews to the "hysteria" over Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, this work is both an essential casebook and an outspoken, feisty, important study of the struggle for intellectual and religious liberties. In a tour de force of lively writing and keen historical interpretation, prolific legal historian Levy shows that the charge of blasphemy has served as a means to besmirch opinions or people held objectionable to those in positions of authority. From Publishers