TY - BOOK ID - 101924335 TI - The Index of Prohibited Books : Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God PY - 2022 SN - 9781789146585 9781789146578 1789146577 PB - London, England : Reaktion Books Ltd, DB - UniCat KW - 098.1 KW - 348.416.4 KW - 351.751 KW - 351.751 Mediarecht. Vrijwaren van de vrijheid van denken, van de persvrijheid. Censuur. Filmcensuur. Reclamerecht--(Fundamentele vrijheden in de grondwet zie {342.732}) KW - Mediarecht. Vrijwaren van de vrijheid van denken, van de persvrijheid. Censuur. Filmcensuur. Reclamerecht--(Fundamentele vrijheden in de grondwet zie {342.732}) KW - 348.416.4 Canoniek zakenrecht: censuur; verboden boeken; index--(canon 1384-1405) KW - Canoniek zakenrecht: censuur; verboden boeken; index--(canon 1384-1405) KW - 098.1 Verboden boeken KW - Verboden boeken KW - Index librorum prohibitorum. KW - Book history KW - Christian church history KW - World history KW - Prohibited books. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101924335 AB - The first comprehensive history of the Catholic Church's notorious Index, with resonance for ongoing debates over banned books, censorship, and free speech. For more than four hundred years, the Catholic Church's Index Librorum Prohibitorum struck terror into the hearts of authors, publishers, and booksellers around the world, while arousing ridicule and contempt from many others, especially those in Protestant and non-Christian circles. Biased, inconsistent, and frequently absurd in its attempt to ban objectionable texts of every conceivable description--with sometimes fatal consequences--the Index also reflected the deep learning and careful consideration of many hundreds of intellectual contributors over the long span of its storied evolution. This book constitutes the first full study of the Index of Prohibited Books to be published in English. It examines the reasons behind the Church's attempts to censor religious, scientific, and artistic works, and considers not only why this most sustained of campaigns failed, but what lessons can be learned for today's debates over freedom of expression and cancel culture. ER -