Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction

by Yvonne Sherwood

Overview

This book considers the steady presence of blasphemy in our world today, even as society grows increasingly secular. Discussing some of the most famous cases of blasphemy, it looks at factors such as the increased visibility of religious and racial minorities, new media, and engines of surveillance, and the legacies of colonial blasphemy laws.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192518194
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	08/26/2021
Series:	Very Short Introductions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Yvonne Sherwood has spent thirty years teaching in British universities, including Kings College London, the University of Glasgow, and the University of Kent. She has had fellowships and grants from the British Academy; was the Speakers Lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2015; and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Oslo in 2017. Her many books include Biblical Blaspheming: Trials of the Sacred for a Secular Age (2012) shortlisted for the American Academy Awards for Excellence Book Prize; The Invention of the Biblical Scholar: A Critical Manifesto (with Stephen D. Moore, 2011); and The Bible and Feminism: Remapping the Field (2017).

Table of Contents

List of illustrations xvii

1 Introduction; 'blasphemous' crucifixions 1

2 Blasphemy in scarequotes 12

3 Blasphemy and religion 42

4 Blasphemy and law 68

5 Blasphemy and minorities 89

6 Blasphemy and media 108

References and further reading 131

Index 137