Blasphemy in Britain and America 1800-1930 Volume 4

Blasphemy is the battleground where religious and secular worlds come into conflict. It has a history which reaches into issues of religious belief, freedom of expression, and is bound up with the growth and development of new media. This title draws together a variety of primary sources relating to blasphemy from the Enlightenment onwards. Rib Ticklers and Th e Parson’s Doom, E. Pack, The Trial of John Gott for Blasphemy (1914), The Truthseeker, C. Cohen, A Fight for a Right (1917), Verbatim Report of the Deputation to the Home Secretary (1924), Editorial Notes, Index