Journal article
BANNED! Christianity and law
Social Alternatives, Vol.9(1), pp.20-23
1990
Abstract
The Queensland State Films Board of Review banned the film The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988. The board is not required to explain its decisions. However, it is generally assumed that the criterion of blasphemy was employed. It is also generally assumed that this criterion was applied to a short scene in the film depicting a fictional sexual fantasy by Jesus. The category of blaspbemy in the censorship criteria is one of the most explicitly religious principles retained in an Australian law, and the hoard received strident support from many Christians. The banning raises the issue of the right of Christians to make laws binding on a whole society. Christians draw their authority from the Bible; but a re-examination of the New Testament shows that the weight of scripture is against Christian involvement in legislative action.
Details
- Title
- BANNED! Christianity and law
- Authors
- Timothy Prenzler (Author)
- Publication details
- Social Alternatives, Vol.9(1), pp.20-23
- Publisher
- Social Alternatives
- Date published
- 1990
- ISSN
- 0155-0306
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 1990 Social Alternatives. Reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450064202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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