Blasphemy is the battleground where religious and secular worlds come into conflict. It has a history which reaches into issues of religious belief, freedom of expression, and is bound up with the growth and development of new media. This title draws together a variety of primary sources relating to blasphemy from the Enlightenment onwards.

The Suppressed Lecture at Cheltenham (1864), The Last Trial for Alleged Atheism (1871), ‘The Extent to which the Common Law is Applied’ (1866), Heresy its Utility and Morality (1870), The Past and Present of Heresy Laws (1878), ‘What Shall I do to be Damned?’ (1882), Verbatim Report of the Three Trials for Blasphemy of Messrs Foote Ramsey and Kemp (1883), Defence of Free Speech (1889), ‘The Law on Blasphemy and Blasphemous Libel’ (1884), A Paper … Being an Exposition of the Blasphemy Laws of England (1884), Real Blasphemy, a Lecture (1885), Freethinker, Christmas Number (1882), Editorial Notes, General Introduction, Select Bibliography, Sermon, against Profane Swearing (1790), Socinian Blasphemy Exposed (1791), A Treatise on Heresy (1792), An Address to the Public, from the Society for the Suppression of Vice (1802), Didactic Blasphemy Literature, The Second Spira (1807), The Blasphemer’s Punishment (c. 1790), A Warning to Gamblers and Swearers (1814), Editorial Notes, The Constable’s Assistant (1818), British Loyalty (1819), Richard Carlile, A Letter to the Society for the Suppression of Vice (1819), The Debate in the House of Commons (1823), The Trials… of Mrs Jane Carlile, Mary Ann Carlile, William Holmes, etc (1825), Jail Journal, ed. G. Aldred (1942), The Case of Abner Kneeland, Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth (1834), A Speech Delivered before the Municipal Court (1834), A Review of the Trial, Conviction, And Final Imprisonment in the Common Jail of the County of Suffolk of Abner Kneeland (1838), The Case of Thomas Paterson, Precognition of Thomas Paterson (1842), The Case of Paterson (c. 1844), ‘Address of the Anti-Persecution Union’ (1843), ‘Lord Brougham’s Opinion on Blasphemy’ (1845), An Association of Prayers against Blasphemy, trans. E. G. Kirwan Browne (1847), Letter of Complaint regarding Lectures by John Stuart Mill (1851), Editorial Notes, Rib Ticklers and The Parson’s Doom, Rib Ticklers or Questions for Parsons (c. 1900), The Parson’s Doom (c. 1900), The Trial of John Gott for Blasphemy (1914), The Truthseeker, The Latest Leeds Police Fiasco (1904), Short Articles from the Truthseeker (1912), A Fight for a Right (1917), Verbatim Report of the Deputation to the Home Secretary (1924), Editorial Notes, Index