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Maria Suzette Fernandes-Dias

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Negotiating the sacred II: Blasphemy and sacrilege in the arts


Endeavouring to move beyond 'simplistic' points about the rights to freedom of expression and sacrosanctity, this collection explores how differences between conceptions of the sacred can be negotiated. It recognises that blasphemy may be justified as a form of political criticism, as well as a sincere expression of spirituality. But it also recognises that within...

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