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The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights

The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights

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ISBN10: 1441183922
ISBN13: 9781441183927
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Us
Published: Mar 29 2012
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English

In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of failing to respect the divine. In an age of human rights, blasphemy is understood as a failure to respect persons, as insult, defamation, or advocacy of religious hatred. The criminalisation of this personal blasphemy has been advanced at the United Nations and upheld by the European Court of Human Rights, which has asserted a universal right to respect for religious feelings.


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