A Theory of Ethical Blasphemy

October 11, 2012
By Austin Dacey The claims of the believer and the claims of the blasphemer, so-called, are symmetrical.The value motivating...

A Spiritual Defense of "Impiety"

October 8, 2012
by Austin Dacey The trick with monotheisms is that competition comes not just from neighboring gods, but even from...

A Human Right to Blaspheme?

July 30, 2012
by Austin Dacey Do you have a human right to blaspheme? Ask a philosopher and you may get two...

The Globalization of Blasphemy

July 18, 2012
by Austin Dacey The Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1837 by the Indian Law Commission...In their commentaries,...

How Blasphemy Got Personal

June 25, 2012
by Austin Dacey Fifty-six years before Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses thrust blasphemy into the spotlight of Western...

What Are Religious Human Rights?

November 16, 2011
Nora Connor:  Water cooler talk around The Revealer offices keeps circling back to human rights these days (yes, we...

Free Blasphemy

February 7, 2006
07 February 2006 Just days after the British parliament dealt a blow to the “Racial and Religious Hatred Bill,”...

It's No Piss-Christ

March 28, 2005
A Moscow art exhibit entitled “Beware of Religion” has been deemed “insulting” and “overtly provocative” by a district court,...

Jesus Christ, Supermodel

February 4, 2005
Milan has banned a poster ad campaign put out by the French fashion company, Marithé and François Girbaud, featuring...

Susan Sontag's Legacy

January 3, 2005
More than 400 artists and writers have signed a letter to publically support Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, the playwright whose controversial play, Dishonour,...

25 August 2004 Daily Links

August 25, 2004
John Safran versus God: Australian comedian/documentary filmaker John Safran (of streaking through Jerusalem fame) has made a new series...

Bible Porn

August 16, 2004
Erik Hanson: “Once, when I was eight, I knelt down at my bed alongside my mother, admitted I was...

11 August 2004 Daily Links

August 11, 2004
Every now and then you come across a prayer that is so crazy, so ecstatic, so much in love...

13 July 2004 Daily Links

July 13, 2004
An Australian man accused of trying to hijack a commercial aircraft to crash it into the Walls of Jerusalem...

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