Blasphemy in the Christian World: A History

by David Nash and David Nash

Blasphemy--the denial or denigration of God--has a long history. Jesus was tried for blasphemy. Early Christians felt that the Jews in taking such action were themselves guilty of it. But it is not a story confined to the remote past. The publication in 2005 of 12 cartoons in a Danish
newspaper linking the prophet Mohammed to terrorism sparked outrage in the global Islamic community. And that was not an instance of blasphemy intruding itself upon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199570752
• ISBN13: 9780199570751
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"