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From Yahweh to Yahoo! : the religious roots of the secular press / Doug Underwood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2002.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252092688
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN4888 .F766 2002
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Journalism Facing Faith -- PART 1: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE MASS MEDIA -- 1. Prophetic Journalism: Moral Outrage and the News -- 2. The Profits of Reform: Printers, Capitalists, and the Priesthood of Believers -- 3. Skeptics of Faith or Faith in Skepticism? Enlightening the Journalistic Mind -- Mystics, Idealists, and Utopians: Journalism and the Romantic Tradition -- 5. Muckraking the Nation's Conscience: Journalists and the Social Gospel
PART 2: RESEARCH, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND THE ETHICS OF THE PRESS -- 8. Trusting Their Guts: The Moral Compass of a Doubters' Profession -- 9. I Will Show You My Faith by What I Do: A Survey of the Religious Beliefs of Journalists and Journalists' Faith Put into Action -- 10. Religion, Morality, and Professional Values: A Study of the Ethical Sources of Today's Journalists
12. The Mind of the Inquiring Reporter: Psychology and the Science of the Soul -- 13. The Press, Politics, and Religion in the Public Square -- 14. Foundations of Sand: Technology Worship and the Internet -- 15. The Gospel of Public Journalism: The Newsroom Communitarians and the Search for Civic Virtue -- PART 4: JOURNALISM AFTER JESUS -- 16. Jesus without Journalists: Miracles and Mysteries, Minus Media Reports
19. Pluralism and the Press's Blind Spots: The Coverage of Religious Diversity at Home and Abroad -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Title Page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Journalism Facing Faith -- PART 1: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE MASS MEDIA -- 1. Prophetic Journalism: Moral Outrage and the News -- 2. The Profits of Reform: Printers, Capitalists, and the Priesthood of Believers -- 3. Skeptics of Faith or Faith in Skepticism? Enlightening the Journalistic Mind -- Mystics, Idealists, and Utopians: Journalism and the Romantic Tradition -- 5. Muckraking the Nation's Conscience: Journalists and the Social Gospel

6. Mencken, Monkeys, and Modernity: A New Metaphysic for the Newsroom7. Pragmatism and the Facts of Religious Experience: The Model for a Synthesis -- PART 2: RESEARCH, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND THE ETHICS OF THE PRESS -- 8. Trusting Their Guts: The Moral Compass of a Doubters' Profession -- 9. I Will Show You My Faith by What I Do: A Survey of the Religious Beliefs of Journalists and Journalists' Faith Put into Action -- 10. Religion, Morality, and Professional Values: A Study of the Ethical Sources of Today's Journalists

PART 3: SECULARISM AND THE NEWSROOM SEARCH FOR SUBSTITUTE FAITHS11. The Cult of Science and the Scientifically Challenged Press -- 12. The Mind of the Inquiring Reporter: Psychology and the Science of the Soul -- 13. The Press, Politics, and Religion in the Public Square -- 14. Foundations of Sand: Technology Worship and the Internet -- 15. The Gospel of Public Journalism: The Newsroom Communitarians and the Search for Civic Virtue -- PART 4: JOURNALISM AFTER JESUS -- 16. Jesus without Journalists: Miracles and Mysteries, Minus Media Reports

17. Visions of Mary and the Less Than Visionary Press: Religioius Apparitions in the Framing of the Modern Media18. Proselytizing and Profits: The Growth of Televangelism and the Collaboration of the Mainstream Press -- 19. Pluralism and the Press's Blind Spots: The Coverage of Religious Diversity at Home and Abroad -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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