{"product_id":"profane-christopher-s-grenda-9780520277229","title":"Profane: Sacrilegious Expression in a Multicultural Age","description":"Humans have been uttering profane words and incurring the consequences for millennia. But contemporary events--from the violence in 2006 that followed Danish newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed to the 2012 furor over the\u003ci\u003e Innocence of Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e video--indicate that controversy concerning blasphemy has reemerged in explosive transnational form. In an age when electronic media transmit offense as rapidly as profane images and texts can be produced, blasphemy is bracingly relevant again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this volume, a distinguished cast of international scholars examines the profound difficulties blasphemy raises for modern societies. Contributors examine how the sacred is formed and maintained, how sacrilegious expression is conceived and regulated, and how the resulting conflicts resist easy adjudication. Their studies range across art, history, politics, law, literature, and theology. Because of the global nature of the problem, the volume's approach is comparative, examining blasphemy across cultural and geopolitical boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher S. Grenda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520277228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520277229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2014 pg. 18","brand":"Christopher S. Grenda","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44138402251007,"sku":"9780520277229","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_becb439f-1e00-4425-bc1c-1893c50cd4a1.jpg?v=1687899467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/profane-christopher-s-grenda-9780520277229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}