Blasphemy and law
| Autor: | Yvonne Sherwood |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 0198797575 Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction |
| DOI: | 10.1093/actrade/9780198797579.003.0004 |
| Popis: | ‘Blasphemy and law’ focuses on blasphemy laws, considering the challenge of differentiating between blasphemy and heresy. In order to pinpoint some kind of distinction between the two, historians and legal scholars often cite the contrast between the Hales judgment of 1676 and the Coleridge judgment of 1883. The chapter then assesses the idea of blasphemy as a ‘medieval’ crime, before tracing the evolution of blasphemy laws. One of the things that legal experts often say about blasphemy is that it has been secularized. Whereas once it applied to the purely sacred, now it applies to the social. Finally, the difference between hate speech and blasphemy legislation is an important point of discussion. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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