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Dealings with God : from bl...
Blasphemy could be a serious business in early modern Europe, and those judged to have cursed, abused or denied God could in some cases find themselves on trial for their lives. Whilst such attitudes may appear draconian to modern eyes, it is clear that in the past, blasphemy was regarded as a very real threat to society. Concentrating on the Reformed city of Zurich, this study examines the cultural, social and theological aspects of blasphemy in order to better understand exactly why this should be, and to illuminate the diverse and sometimes contradictory dynamics at work
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monografia Rebiun28237268 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun28237268 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 100118s2009 enka ob 001 0 eng d 2009010009 503050104 646846071 719419977 729552783 743436863 748590995 816338695 961552144 962619486 1055368065 1058070033 1066614427 1081240987 1162530329 1241833447 9780754695745 electronic bk.) 0754695743 electronic bk.) 0754668835 hardcover ; alk. paper) 9780754668831 hardcover ; alk. paper) 1282344315 9781282344310 9780754668831 hardcover ; alk. paper) 1317154541 9781317154549 1317154533 9781317154532 9786612344312 6612344318 234431 MIL N$T eng pn N$T OCLCQ EBLCP IDEBK E7B OCLCQ GPM CNCGM MHW CDX OCLCQ FVL OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCF OCLCA OCLCQ NLGGC OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCQ AZK LOA AGLDB MOR PIFAG YDX ZCU OCLCQ MERUC OCLCQ K6U U3W ICG STF OCLCQ VTS NRAMU VT2 AU@ OCLCQ WYU LVT DKC OCLCQ UKAHL OCLCQ VLY AJS eng ger e-sz--- REL 115000 bisacsh HRCM bicssc Loetz, Francisca (Historian) Mit Gott handeln. English Dealings with God from blasphemers in early modern Zurich to a cultural history of religiousness Francisca Loetz ; translated by Rosemary Selle Farnham, England Burlington, VT Ashgate Pub. 2009 Farnham, England Burlington, VT Farnham, England Burlington, VT Ashgate Pub. 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) illustrations 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda St. Andrews studies in Reformation history Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-318) and index Religion in early modern history : an approach by way of blasphemers in Zurich -- Formulating the question -- Research situation -- History of religion and Religiousness -- Blasphemy as a special case -- Blasphemy and history of crime -- History of Zurich -- History of blasphemy : five theses on a research deficit -- Interpretative and methodological approaches -- Explanatory models for early modern history -- Blasphemy as a key to religion in cultural history -- Blasphemy as a textually transmitted speech act -- The example of Zurich -- The time and place under study -- The offence of blasphemy in early modern Zurich -- The sanctioning of blasphemy -- Normsetting -- How the law and the secular authorities defined blasphemy -- How theology and the church defined blasphemy -- How the authorities applied the norms -- The supervisory obligation of officials and citizens -- Assessment of blasphemers -- Blasphemers : mentally deranged or morally responsible -- Sentencing practice -- Blasphemy as the object of horizontal social control -- How witnesses reacted to blasphemy -- Motives for reporting blasphemers -- Out-of-court settlements in cases of blasphemy -- Blasphemy in the context of social action -- Blasphemy as insubordination -- Blasphemy as insult -- Blasphemy expressing a conflict of honour -- Cursing : verbal magic or insult -- Blasphemy as an element of sociability -- Blaspheming God as a social and situation-specific disposition -- The pleasures of provocation -- The blasphemer as a person -- Blasphemy as an expression of (un)belief -- The religious knowledge of blasphemers -- The pleasures of disputation -- Dealing with dogmatics -- Questioning ancient paradoxes -- Questioning new paradoxes -- Struggling with God -- Rebelling against God -- Pre-modern atheism -- Blasphemy and images of God -- Blasphemy in Zurich : historical change and confessional comparison -- Blasphemy in Zurich : historical change -- The offence of blasphemy in confessional comparison : a perspective on Lucerne -- Outcomes and outlook : from the blasphemers of Zurich to a cultural history of religiousness Blasphemy could be a serious business in early modern Europe, and those judged to have cursed, abused or denied God could in some cases find themselves on trial for their lives. Whilst such attitudes may appear draconian to modern eyes, it is clear that in the past, blasphemy was regarded as a very real threat to society. Concentrating on the Reformed city of Zurich, this study examines the cultural, social and theological aspects of blasphemy in order to better understand exactly why this should be, and to illuminate the diverse and sometimes contradictory dynamics at work English Blasphemy- Switzerland- Zurich- History Blasphemy- History Offenses against religion- Switzerland- Zurich- History Offenses against religion- History Religión- Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy Blasphemy Offenses against religion Zurich (Switzerland)- Church history Switzerland- Zurich Electronic books Church history History Print version Loetz, Francisca. Mit Gott handeln. English. Dealings with God. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2009 9780754668831 (DLC) 2009010009 (OCoLC)316327149 St. Andrews studies in Reformation history