Negotiating the sacred : blasphemy and sacrilege in a multicultural society

Negotiating the sacred blasphemy and sacrilege in a multicultural society

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"This cross-disciplinary exploration of the role of the sacred, blasphemy and sacrilege in a multicultural society brings together philosophers, theologians, lawyers, historians, curators, anthropologists and sociologists, as well as Christian, Jewish and Islamic and secular perspectives. In br...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Coleman, Elizabeth Burns, 1961- (-), White, Kevin
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU E Press 2006.
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Negotiating the sacred in multicultural societies / Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Kevin White
  • Section I. Religion, Sacrilege and Blasphemy in Australia. Negotiating religious dialogue: a response to the recent increase of anti-Semitism in Australia / Suzanne Rutland
  • Are we capable of offending God? Taking blasphemy seriously / Helen Pringle
  • A flaw in the nation-building process: negotiating the sacred in our multicultural society / Veronica Brady
  • The paradox of Islam and the challenges of modernity / Kuranda Seyit
  • Section II. Sacrilege and the Sacred. Stretching the sacred / Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Kevin White
  • Sacralising the profane, profaning the sacred / Colin Tatz
  • Is that a human skull? All in the name of art! / Dianne McGowan
  • The bourgeois sacred: Unveiling the 'secular society' / Liam Dee
  • Section III. The State, Religion and Tolerance. From public crime to personal offence / Ian Hunter
  • Expressions of religiosity and blasphemy in modern societies / Riaz Hassan
  • Negotiating the sacred in law: Regulation of gifts motivated by religious faith / Pauline Ridge
  • Negotiating a religious identity in modern Japan: The Christian experience / Colin Noble
  • Section IV. The Future: Openness and Dogmatism. 'We already know what is good and just ... ': Idolatry and the scalpel of suspicion / Winifred Wing Han Lamb
  • The sacred and sacrilege
  • ethics not metaphysics / Eilidh St John
  • Resolving disputes over Aboriginal sacred sites: Some experiences in the 1990s / Hal Wootten.

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