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

by Austin Dacey

Book Overview

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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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441107371
• ISBN13: 9781441107374
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"