Readings on Religion as News

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 501 pages
• Published by: Wiley-Blackwell February 15, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0813829267
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813829265
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

From Beliefnet
Readings on Religion as News looks at the relationship between religious news coverage and the decline of newspaper competition with a somewhat arbitrary selection of articles categorized into four general time periods from early colonial era down to the present time when religious "diversity takes hold." With that diversity of faith, the authors contend, has come "a collision of values." The authors, both former religion reporters, include unusual and little known stories in this collection, placing those articles within their historical contexts in brief introductory sections to each chapter. This compilation stands alone as an anthology of religious news coverage and fills a void for scholars of American religion and journalism history. It would be all the more valuable, however, if it included a cross-referencing system to enable searches by publication, text, or date..Media coverage of religion demonstrates that while over time the issues themselves appear to be far flung and wide ranging, the fact of religiously motivated debate on matters of public concern has been a constant in the history of this country. That continuity only reinforces the truth that when it comes to religion and the news, there is indeed nothing new under the sun.