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- catalog abstract "This book deals with the cultural and legal debates which have counterposed the right to free speech and the need to protect Christian sensibilities in Britain from the time of the French Revolution to the present day. It contains a close study of the content and public reception of the anti-Christian literature of the nineteenth century associated with the names G.W. Foote and J.W. Gott, the Freethinker and The Truth-seeker, as well as an informed analysis of attempts to extend and repeal the blasphemy law during this century.".
- catalog contributor b10910411.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "1. The Law of Blasphemy in Britain: Origins and Development -- 2. Blasphemy and Theory. Postmodern Turns. Foucauldian Analysis. Edward Said and Orientalism. Secularisation Theory -- 3. Thomas Paine, William Hone and the Carlile Agitation: The Creation of a Modern Blasphemous Rhetoric -- 4. G.W. Foote and the Freethinker Prosecution: Blasphemy as Cultural Terrorism -- 5. Boulter, Stewart, Pack and Gott: Blasphemy, Conflict and Public Order -- 6. Attempts at Repeal and Extension: 1913-38 -- 7. 'Perish Judah' and Save the Empire: Christianity 'From Below', the 'Godless Congress' and the Attempted Extension of the Blasphemy Laws in 1938 -- 8. Silencing the Love that Dares to Speak its Name: Blasphemy and the Gay News Case -- 9. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.".
- catalog description "This book deals with the cultural and legal debates which have counterposed the right to free speech and the need to protect Christian sensibilities in Britain from the time of the French Revolution to the present day. It contains a close study of the content and public reception of the anti-Christian literature of the nineteenth century associated with the names G.W. Foote and J.W. Gott, the Freethinker and The Truth-seeker, as well as an informed analysis of attempts to extend and repeal the blasphemy law during this century.".
- catalog extent "x, 300 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Blasphemy in modern Britain.".
- catalog identifier "1859280234 (hb : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Blasphemy in modern Britain.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Ashgate,".
- catalog relation "Blasphemy in modern Britain.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "345.41/0288 21".
- catalog subject "Blasphemy Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "KD8073 .N37 1998".
- catalog subject "KD8073 .N37x 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Law of Blasphemy in Britain: Origins and Development -- 2. Blasphemy and Theory. Postmodern Turns. Foucauldian Analysis. Edward Said and Orientalism. Secularisation Theory -- 3. Thomas Paine, William Hone and the Carlile Agitation: The Creation of a Modern Blasphemous Rhetoric -- 4. G.W. Foote and the Freethinker Prosecution: Blasphemy as Cultural Terrorism -- 5. Boulter, Stewart, Pack and Gott: Blasphemy, Conflict and Public Order -- 6. Attempts at Repeal and Extension: 1913-38 -- 7. 'Perish Judah' and Save the Empire: Christianity 'From Below', the 'Godless Congress' and the Attempted Extension of the Blasphemy Laws in 1938 -- 8. Silencing the Love that Dares to Speak its Name: Blasphemy and the Gay News Case -- 9. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Blasphemy in modern Britain : 1789 to the present / David Nash.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".