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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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