Quoting God
Subtitle: How Media Shape Ideas about Religion and Culture
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781932792065
Subjects: Media studies; Religion & Beliefs; Religion - Socialissues; Mass media and culture; Religion; USA; Religion, Politics & State; Religion & Spirituality; Mass media; Philosophy; Christianity; Christianity and culture; Religious aspects
First sentence: At the height of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, William Powers wrote in the National Journal of the rise of a "Roman Legion" of Irish Catholics in the Washington press corps, arguing that such journalists were especially critical of Bill Clintons behavior.
Description: "Quoting God charts the many ways in which media report religion news, how media use the quoted word to describe lived faith, and how media itself influence - and are influenced by - religion in the public square. The volume intentionally brings together the work of academics, who study religion as a crucial factor in the construction of identity, and the work of professional journalists, who regularly report on religion in an age of instant and competitive news. This book clearly demonstrates that the relationship between media culture and spiritual culture is foundational and multi-directional; that the relationship between news values and religion in political life is influential; and that the relationship among modernity, belief, and journalism is pivotal."--Jacket.