RT Book
T1 Dealings with God: from blasphemers in early modern Zurich to a cultural history of religiousness
T2 St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
A1 Loetz, Francisca 1962-
LA English
PP Farnham u.a.
PB Ashgate Pub. Ltd
YR 2009
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1623130476
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references
CN BV4627.B6
SN 9780754668831
SN 0754668835
SN 0754695743
SN 9780754695745
K1 Blasphemy : Switzerland : Zurich : History
K1 Blasphemy : History
K1 Offenses against religion : Switzerland : Zurich : History
K1 Offenses against religion : History
K1 Zurich (Switzerland) : Church history
K1 Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531 : Influence
K1 Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575 : Influence
K1 Blasphemy : Social aspects
K1 Trials (Blasphemy) : Switzerland : Zurich
K1 Reformation : Europe
K1 Zurich (Switzerland) : Church history : 16th century
K1 Hochschulschrift