Dealings with God
Subtitle: from blasphemers in early modern Zurich to a cultural history of religiousness
By: Francisca Loetz.
Series: St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780754668831
Subjects: Blasphemy -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- History; Blasphemy -- History; Offenses against religion -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- History; Offenses against religion -- History; Zurich (Switzerland) -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion in early modern history : an approach by way of blasphemers in Zurich; title: Formulating the question; title: Research situation; title: History of religion and Religiousness; title: Blasphemy as a special case; title: Blasphemy and history of crime; title: History of Zurich; title: History of blasphemy : five theses on a research deficit; title: Interpretative and methodological approaches; title: Explanatory models for early modern history; title: Blasphemy as a key to religion in cultural history; title: Blasphemy as a textually transmitted speech act; title: The example of Zurich; title: The time and place under study; title: The offence of blasphemy in early modern Zurich; title: The sanctioning of blasphemy; title: Normsetting; title: How the law and the secular authorities defined blasphemy; title: How theology and the church defined blasphemy; title: How the authorities applied the norms; title: The supervisory obligation of officials and citizens; title: Assessment of blasphemers; title: Blasphemers : mentally deranged or morally responsible; title: Sentencing practice; title: Blasphemy as the object of horizontal social control; title: How witnesses reacted to blasphemy; title: Motives for reporting blasphemers; title: Out-of-court settlements in cases of blasphemy; title: Blasphemy in the context of social action; title: Blasphemy as insubordination; title: Blasphemy as insult; title: Blasphemy expressing a conflict of honour; title: Cursing : verbal magic or insult; title: Blasphemy as an element of sociability; title: Blaspheming God as a social and situation-specific disposition; title: The pleasures of provocation; title: The blasphemer as a person; title: Blasphemy as an expression of (un)belief; title: The religious knowledge of blasphemers; title: The pleasures of disputation; title: Dealing with dogmatics; title: Questioning ancient paradoxes; title: Questioning new paradoxes; title: Struggling with God; title: Rebelling against God; title: Pre-modern atheism; title: Blasphemy and images of God; title: Blasphemy in Zurich : historical change and confessional comparison; title: Blasphemy in Zurich : historical change; title: The offence of blasphemy in confessional comparison : a perspective on Lucerne; title: Outcomes and outlook : from the blasphemers of Zurich to a cultural history of religiousness.