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The Future of
Blasphemy
Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of
Human rights
Austin Dacey
‘Since blasphemy
has religious,
cultural, historic,
political and racial
tentacles, Dacey’s
book should be of
interest far beyond
the theological
dimension of the
issue.’Amir Taheri,
Iranian author and journalist
• Offers a new discourse on religion and
the limits of free speech
• Provides a nuanced and balanced
defence of freedom of expression
• considers the value of equal respect for
persons and freedom of conscience and
religion
• Analyses existing legal responses to
religiously offensive speech
A critical examination of the
contemporary debates in Europe and the
international community over ‘incitement
to religious hatred’ and the ‘defamation
of religions’.
AuSTIN DAcEy is a representative to the
united Nations, International Humanist and
Ethical union, and Instructor of Humanities at
Polytechnic Institute of New york university,
uSA.
uK January 2012 uS March 2012
208 Pages 129 x 198 mm 5 x 7.75 inches
HB 9781441107374 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441183927 - £12.99 / $19.95
continuum
Confucius: A Guide for the
Perplexed
Yong Huang
The Bahá’i Faith:
A Guide For The
Perplexed
Robert H.
Stockman
• Provides a clear
and thorough
examination
of the Bahá’í
teachings, history
and community
• Author is
specialist on
the Bahá’í Faith, and has written the
standard history for it
• gives a clear introduction to this
increasingly studied, but little
understood, world religion
Founded by Bahá’u’llah in Iran in the
nineteenth century, the Bahá’í Faith is
one of the youngest of the world’s major
religions. It is still little understood
outside of its own community.
rOBErT H. STOcKMAN is Instructor at DePaul
university, uSA, and Director of The wilmette
Institute on the Bahá’i Faith, uSA.
uK October 2012 uS December 2012
192 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441133960 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441192011 - £14.99 / $24.95
guides for the Perplexed
continuum
• comprehensive guide to the original
confucius and his ideas in the context of
contemporary scholarship
• re-engages with the debates surrounding
the key concepts of confucius
• Author is well established within
comparative philosophy and, thus, will
provide an account of confucius from
the perspective of chinese-western
philosophies
A clear and thorough account of confucius and his ideas,
underscoring his relevance to both chinese people and to people
in the west.
yONg HuANg is Professor of Philosophy at Kutztown university, uSA, and
Editor of Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy.
uK November 2012 uS January 2013
208 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441115683 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441196538 - £14.99 / $24.95
guides for the Perplexed
continuum
rELIgIOuS STuDIES
Western Esotericism:
A Guide for the
Perplexed
Wouter J.
Hanegraaff
• Explains the
cultural,
intellectual,
and scholarly
relevance
of western
esotericism
• Provides practical
advice for those who want to explore
the field further
• Includes case studies and weblinks
western esotericism has been a pervasive
presence in western culture from late
antiquity to the present day, but until
recently it was largely ignored by scholars
and surrounded by misconceptions and
prejudice.
wOuTEr J. HANEgrAAFF is President of the
European Society for the Study of western
Esotericism and Professor at the university of
the Netherlands, Amsterdam.
uK December 2012 uS February 2013
192 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441187130 - £50.00 / $90.00
PB 9781441136466 - £16.99 / $24.95
guides for the Perplexed
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Secular Steeples
2nd Edition
Popular culture and the religious Imagination
Conrad Ostwalt
Praise for previous edition:
‘Ostwalt’s book should be read by anyone
concerned with religion and popular
culture.’ Journal of Religion and Culture
‘Ostwalt brilliantly reveals the truth of
the interconnectedness of the sacred and
the secular.’ Pop Theology online journal
• Offers a clear and accessible
introduction to secularization theory
• Features contemporary secular examples of television,
movies, literature and music which express religious messages
Fully updated textbook on the relationship between popular
culture and religion, exploring secularization in America and the
way religion functions in postmodern society.
cONrAD OSTwALT is Professor of religious Studies and chair of the
Department of Philosophy and religion at Appalachian State university,
uSA.
uK September 2012 uS November 2012
288 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441156174 - £65.00 / $120.00
PB 9781441172860 - £19.99 / $34.95
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