388 Pages
by
Routledge
Blasphemy is the battleground where religious and secular worlds come into conflict. It has a history which reaches into issues of religious belief, freedom of expression, and is bound up with the growth and development of new media. This title draws together a variety of primary sources relating to blasphemy from the Enlightenment onwards.
The Constable’s Assistant (1818), British Loyalty (1819), Richard Carlile, The Case of Abner Kneeland, The Case of Thomas Paterson, Lord Brougham, ‘Lord Brougham’s Opinion on Blasphemy’ (1845), W. Armstrong, Letter of Complaint regarding Lectures by John Stuart Mill (1851), Editorial Notes
Biography
David Nash
