Holy Horrors
Subtitle: An Illustrated History of Religious Murder and Madness
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781573927789
Subjects: History of religion; Sociology of Religion; History & Theory - Radical Thought; Marxian Economics; Violence in Society; Business & Economics; Philosophy; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Business/Economics; Political; Economics - Theory; History; Economics; Surplus value; Economics - General
First sentence: In 1766 at Abbeville, France, a teen-age boy was accused of singing irreligious songs, mocking the Virgin Mary, marring a crucifix, and wearing his hat while a religious procession passed.