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Some have seen the desuetude and final abolition of England's blasphemy laws in 2008 as the belated triumph of a liberalism grounded in individual rationality and consent. Postcolonial scholars, though, have interpreted the decriminalisation of blasphemy as symptomatic of the ideological role of liberal individualism, acting on behalf of a secularised nation-state, in repressing immigrant communities committed to the political exercise of religion. In showing that modern English blasphemy laws arose with the formation of the Anglican confessional state, forming part of its political theology and jurisprudence, this article argues that the abrogation of the laws signified neither the victory of rational individualism nor the triumph of a repressive secular state, but the final undoing of the Anglican settlement by an opposed political theology and jurisprudence.

Triggered by the increasing use of the Internet, the 'English learning boom' and 'English fever' in South Korea, web advertising is used by English language institutes as one of the most popular modalities of marketing to compete in the highly competitive domestic English-language teaching market. This study examines 20 randomly selected web-advertising texts about English language institutes and programmes in South Korea. The findings of the study suggest that the concept of 'global' is commonly incorporated into cyber marketing materials, recurring as the main rationale for why Koreans need to study English. Native-speaker favouritism is also unequivocally present in instructional staff-related ads, highlighting the importance of learning 'authentic' English. This study argues that English is used not only as a means of advertising, but also the product itself, performing a dual purpose in web marketing for English language teaching in contemporary South Korea.