Unsecular media : making news of religion in America / [print]
Mark Silk.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)1995.
- xiii, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
Part 1 : overview -- Whose prerogative? -- The course of coverage -- The phantom of secularism -- Part 2 : spiritual topics -- Topoi in the news -- Good works -- Tolerance -- Hypocrisy -- False prophesy -- Inclusion -- Supernatural belief -- Declension -- Unsecular media.
"Mark Silk uncovers the journalistic mind as only a working newspaper reporter can. He ties that mind to America's religious culture as only a trained historian can and challenges all the standard allegations about the 'secularity of the media' as no one else ever has." --William Dean, author of The Religious Critic in American Culture.
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Journalism, Religious--History--United States--20th century. Mass media in religion--History--United States--20th century. Mass media--Religious aspects.