Religious controversies

There have been a number of religious controversies based around the teaching of science, certain religion practices and in the depiction of religion or religious figures in culture.

cience and religion

The greatest contemporary controversy involving religion and science is the teaching of evolution in schools. This debate is most prevalent in generally conservative regions of the United States and there is little serious debate on the subject outside the United States.

ociety

The Chinese Rites controversy was a dispute within the Catholic Church from the 1630s to the early 18th century about whether Chinese folk religion rites and offerings to the emperor constituted idolatry or not.

Female genital cutting and circumcision attract controversy especially when practiced outside of the countries in which they are commonly performed.

Art, literature and popular culture

Visual arts

*The controversial photographic exhibition Ecce Homo
*Jesus with erection, a controversial satirical cartoon published in a student newspaper at the University of Oregon
*Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
*Piss Christ, by American photographer Andres Serrano of Jesus Christ in a glass of the photographers urine
*Strelnikoff Mary of Help of Brezje controversy
*Chris Ofili and his Sacred Virgin Mary montage
*Tania Kovats' "Virgin in a condom" attracted protests at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
*Stanislav Shmulevich facing "hate crime" charges for dumping a possibly-stolen Qur'an into a public toilet and publishing a photo of it in 2007 [ [http://chronicle.com/news/article/2761/student-arrested-in-koran-in-toilet-incidents-at-pace-u Student Arrested in Koran-in-Toilet Incidents at Pace U. - Chronicle.com ] ] [ [http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/30/which-of-these-is-a-crime-in-america/ Michelle Malkin » Which of these is a crime in America? Update: Criminal complaint added ] ]

Books

*"The Da Vinci Code" ("see Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code")
* There is controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses" and the author was threatened with death. ("see The Satanic Verses controversy")
*"His Dark Materials" is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman

Film/Television

*"Monty Python's Life of Brian", a controversial comedy film about religion, attracted controversy and is still censored in Wales almost 30 years after it was first released.
*South Park's controversial "Bloody Mary" episode.
*"The Last Temptation of Christ" film, as with the novel of the same name, depicts the life of Jesus Christ while free from sin, was still subject to every form of temptation that humans face, including fear, doubt, depression, reluctance and lust.

ee also

*Censorship by religion
*Freedom of speech versus blasphemy

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