| Uniform title | Mit Gott handeln. English |
| Series |
St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
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| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009010009 |
| ISBN | 9780754668831 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0754668835 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780754695745 (ebk.) |
| ISBN | 0754695743 (ebk.) |
