<i>Non diis curae</i>: the rhetoric and practices of natural punishment for sacrilege
S. T Drozdov
Abstract:The article analyzes situations in which punishment for sacrilege is carried out by natural actors without the intervention of the supernatural ones. Such actors include the state represented by lawmakers and law enforcers, religious specialists, as well as religious activists and ordinary believers. The configurations of agency of the three types of actors described in the article, which have their own specifics and tools for natural (as opposed to supernatural) retaliation for sacrilege, cause violent or non… Show more
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