Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

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Censorship of religious and philosophical speculation is as old as history and as current as today's headlines. Many of the world's major religious texts, including the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, and others, have been suppressed, condemned, or proscribed at some time. Works of secular literature touching upon religious belief or reflecting dissenting views have also been suppressed. ''Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition'' profiles the censorship of many such essential works of civilization. The 14 entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the ''Harry Potter'' series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, ''The Witches'' by Roald Dahl, ''Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran'', and more. Also included are updates to such entries as ''The Satanic Verses'' by Salman Rushdie and ''On the Origin of Species'' by Charles Darwin. New and updated entries include: ''The Advancement of Learning'' (Francis Bacon); ''The Age of Reason'' (Thomas Paine); ''The Analects'' (Confucius); The Bible; ''The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution'' (Roger Williams); ''The Book of Common Prayer'' (Thomas Cranmer); ''Children of the Alley'' (Naguib Mahfouz); ''The Critique of Pure Reason'' (Immanuel Kant); ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' (Galileo Galilei); ''Discourse on Method'' (Rene Descartes); ''Don Quixote'' (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra); ''The Harry Potter'' series (J. K. Rowling); The Koran; ''The Last Temptation of Christ'' (Nikos Kazantzakis); ''On the Origin of Species'' (Charles Darwin); ''Popol Vuh''; ''The Red and the Black'' (Stendhal); ''The Satanic Verses'' (Salman Rushdie); ''Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India'' (James W. Laine); ''The Talmud''; ''Voyages to the Moon and the Sun'' (Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac); and, ''Zhuan Falun: The Complete Teachings of Falun Gong'' (Li Hongzhi). Front Matter......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Works Discussed in This Volume......Page 17 Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation......Page 28 The Advancement of Learning......Page 29 The Age of Reason......Page 31 Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher......Page 35 The Analects......Page 37 Arcana Coelestia......Page 39 The Babylonian Captivity of the Church......Page 43 The Bible......Page 45 The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution......Page 51 The Book of Common Prayer......Page 55 Children of the Alley......Page 57 The Christian Commonwealth......Page 60 Christinianity Not Mysterious......Page 63 Christianity Restored......Page 65 Chruch: Charism and Power: Liberation Theology and the Institutional Church......Page 68 Colloquies......Page 72 Commentaries......Page 74 Compendium Revelationum......Page 77 Concerning Heretics......Page 81 The Course of Positive Philosophy......Page 84 Creative Evolution......Page 86 The Critique of Pure Reason......Page 88 De Ecclesia......Page 90 De Inventoribus Rerum......Page 92 De L'Esprit......Page 95 Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems......Page 98 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion......Page 101 Discourse On Method......Page 104 Don Quixote......Page 107 Dragonwings......Page 109 Emile......Page 111 Encyclopedie......Page 115 An Essay Concerning Human Understanding......Page 119 Essays......Page 122 Ethics......Page 125 The Fable of the Bees......Page 128 The Guide of the Perplexed......Page 131 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone......Page 133 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets......Page 135 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban......Page 139 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire......Page 143 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix......Page 147 The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World......Page 155 HIstorical and Critical Dictionary......Page 159 History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science......Page 161 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire......Page 164 Holt Basic Reading Series......Page 166 Impressions Reading Series......Page 172 Infallible? An Inquiry......Page 178 An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding......Page 181 Institutes of the Christian Religion......Page 184 Introduction to Theology......Page 187 An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation......Page 190 Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis......Page 192 The Koran......Page 195 Lajja (Shame)......Page 198 The Last Temptation of Christ......Page 203 Letter on the Blind......Page 207 Letters Concerning the English Nation......Page 209 Leviathan......Page 211 The Life of Jesus......Page 213 Mary and Human Liberation......Page 217 Meditations on First Philosophy......Page 224 The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption......Page 226 The Metaphysics......Page 229 Meyebela: My Bengali Girlhood......Page 231 The New Astronomy......Page 236 The New Testament......Page 238 Ninety-Five Theses......Page 242 Of the Vanitie and Uncertaintie of Artes and Sciences......Page 246 Oliver Twist......Page 248 On Civil Lordship......Page 252 On Justice in the Revolution and in the Church......Page 254 On Monarchy......Page 257 On the Infinite Universe and Worlds......Page 260 On the Law of War and Peace......Page 262 On the Origin of Species......Page 265 On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres......Page 271 Opus Majus......Page 273 Penguin Island......Page 276 The Persian Letters......Page 278 Philosophical Dictionary......Page 281 The Political History of the Devil......Page 284 Popol Vuh......Page 285 The Power and the Glory......Page 288 The Praise of Folly......Page 292 Principles of Political Economy......Page 296 The Provincial Letters......Page 298 The Rape of Sita......Page 301 The Red and the Black......Page 304 Religio Medici......Page 306 Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone......Page 308 The Rights of the Christian Church Asserted......Page 311 The Sandy Foundation Shaken......Page 313 The Satanic Verses......Page 316 Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India......Page 325 A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity......Page 331 The Shortest Way with the Dissenters......Page 333 The Social Contract......Page 336 The Sorrows of Young Werther......Page 338 The Spirit of Laws......Page 341 Spirits Rebellious......Page 344 The Story of Zahra......Page 346 A Tale of a Tub......Page 348 The Talmud......Page 350 Theological-Political Treatise......Page 354 Three-Part Work......Page 355 The Veil and the Male Elite: A feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam......Page 358 Voodoo & Hoodoo: Their Traditional Crafts as Revealed by Actual Practitioners......Page 361 Voyages to the Moon and the Sun......Page 366 The Witches......Page 369 Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran......Page 375 Zhuan Falun: The Complete Teachings of Falun Gong......Page 379 Zoonomia......Page 383 Consored Writers On Religious Censorship......Page 386 Biographical Profiles......Page 392 Bibliography......Page 410 Works Discussed in the Other Volumes of This Series......Page 426 Index......Page 450