Steve Pinkerton

Case Western Reserve University

Articles by: Steve Pinkerton

Stained Glass window depicting a heretic, in the Cathedral of Saint Rumbold in Mechelen, Belgium.

Blasphemy Laws Are More Widespread Than You Might Think

By Steve Pinkerton published

Many in the West treat blasphemy as an obsolete concept. A scholar argues that blasphemy laws in the West suggest otherwise, while also sharing common features with such laws in the Muslim world.