Andrzej Draguła Bluźnierstwo. Między grzechem a przestępstwem (Blasphemy: between sin and offence) – a book review by Jakub Dąbrowski Cover Image

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Andrzej Draguła Bluźnierstwo. Między grzechem a przestępstwem (Blasphemy: between sin and offence) – a book review by Jakub Dąbrowski

Author(s): Jakub Dąbrowski
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Book-Review
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: blasphemy; desecration; freedom of artistic speech; to insult the feelings of religious believers – criminal offence

Summary/Abstract: The text is a review of the book Bluźnierstwo. Między grzechem a przestępstwem by Andrzej Draguła, a priest and Doctor of Theology. He reflects on the conflict between Catholic orthodoxy and liberal social practices in the domains of art and visual culture. Apart from the theological interpretation of blasphemy, the book presents numerous examples of controversial and iconoclastic works of art and commercials. The author also attempts to analyse in detail the features of criminal offences which are in­sulting for the feelings of religious believers (Par. 196 of Polish Criminal Code) – a contemporary, secular equivalent to blasphemy.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 42-53
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish