The purpose of this site is to provide a broad overview of the subject rather than an in-depth look at specific areas. While not exhaustive, this collection gives an idea of what the history of Western censorship is and where it is going. As a note, while there is a great deal of information available on Christian censorship, both in print and online, there is quite a bit less available on the other two religions. Any attack on the established truth should be fought against. Censoring words is a way of protecting people from dangerous ideas which could cause doubt and sow the seeds of discontent.
Religions also act as protectors of morality.
As becomes more apparent in the later years of censorship, religion tries to prevent people from seeing examples of immorality which might give them unsavoury ideas. While the tone of this site will attempt to remain as objective as possible, it is only fair to state that my bias, as author of this work, is that censorship based on religious convictions, as well as other reasons, is wrong. Bibliography Created for LIS 582 - Globalization, Diversity, and Information by Dena Heilik on December 10, 1998.