Readings on religion as news
"Readings on Religion as News provides a rich legacy of reporting spanning 300 years, from the Puritans' era to the present, that simultaneously tells the story of American faith and religion reporting's ascent to one of the hottest newspaper beats today." "For the first time, educators and writers alike have an engaging, informative collection of historic and current religion stories from U.S. daily newspapers. These stories cover some of the key political, social, and religious controversies during the founding of the nation, including freedom of religion, slavery, the Scopes Trial, and temperance. In addition, the formation of key denominations and religious groups is documented in some of the first secular reports of those groups."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2000
Iowa State University Press, Ames, 2000
xx, 501 pages ; 23 cm
9780813829265, 0813829267
42397808
Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Ideological Journalism in a New Jerusalem. 1. Early Press Philosophy and Practice. 2. Playing God and Playing for Power. 3. The Great Awakening. 4. Religion and Revolution. 5. Disestablishment and Its Discontents. Part 2: Personal Journalism for a Protestant America. 6. The Missionary Spirit. 7. The Birth of Modern religion Reporting. 8. Anti-Catholicism in 19th-Century America. 9. The Mormon Question. 10. A Nation Divided. 11. The "Jesus Newspaper.". 12. Revivalism. 13. The Spirit of Reform. 14. Faith, Science and Scripture. 15. Pulling Together. Part 3: Detached Journalism in a Changing World. 16. Consensus Religion. 17. Winds of Change. 18. The Death of God. 19. All God's Children. 20. The Electronic Church. 21. God and the Ballot Box. Part 4: Coping with Diversity, Connecting to Readers. 22. Culture Wars and Hot-Button Issues. 23. Church and State. 24. Pluralism takes Hold. 25. Spiritual Journeys. 26. God and Mammon. 27. Insights into Interpretations. 28. Toward a New Millennium. Acknowledgments.
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