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

ISBN: 1441107371

ISBN13: 9781441107374

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

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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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