The Future of blasphemy
speaking of the sacred in an age of human rights
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Word Count
49,000 words, Guess
Page Count
196 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefutureofblasphem0000dace
- ISBN-101441107371
- ISBN-101441183922
- ISBN-139781441107374
- ISBN-139781441183927
and 6 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2011020978
- OCLC Control Number727610600
- OCLC Control Number753303338
- Better World Books9781441107374
- Better World Books9781441183927
- Open LibraryOL25370929M
Classifications
- DDC364.1/88
- LCCBL65.B54 D33 2011
- LCCBL65.B54 D33 2012
and 1 more
- LCCBL65.B54
Description
"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 criminalization 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." The Future of Blasphemy turns respect on its head. Respect demands that we grant each other equal standing in the moral community, not that we never offend. Politically, respect for citizens requires a public discourse that is open to all viewpoints. Going beyond the question of free speech versus religion, The Future of Blasphemy defends an ethical model of blasphemy. Controversies surrounding sacrilege are contests over what counts as sacred, disagreements about what has central, inviolable, and incommensurable value. In such public contestation of the sacred, each of us - secular and religious alike- has equal right to speak on its behalf"--P. [4] of cover.
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