Blasphemy
Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, From Moses to Salman Rushdie
(Author) Leonard W. Levy
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What society considers blasphemy - a verbal assault against the sacred - is a litmus test of the standards it believes to be necessary to preserve unity, order, and morality. Society has always condemned as blasphemy what it regards as an abuse of liberty
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Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780807845158
Publish year:
1995
Publish date:
Feb. 28, 1995
Leonard W. Levy
Leonard W. Levy was an American historian and constitutional scholar best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning work "Origins of the Fifth Amendment." His writing style was meticulous and scholarly, shedding new light on the history of American law. Levy's key contributions to literature include shaping the understanding of constitutional history.