Readings on Religion As News

by Buddenbaum, Judith M.; Mason, Debra L.

• ISBN13: 9780813829265
• ISBN10: 0813829267
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Discussions and examples of writing news about religion - a type of journalism rarely taught in the classroom but frequently assigned on the job - are found in this anthology, suitable for teaching alone or as a companion to Reporting News about Religion: An Introduction for Journalists. Containing over 70 examples published in American newspapers and magazines, this book discusses trends in American newspaper ownership and American society that have affected coverage of religious news, evolution of substance and style, and the influence of religion on American culture.

Author Biography

Judith M. Buddenbaum is a professor in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication at Colorado State University Debra L. Mason is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Otterbein College, Ohio, and the executive director of the Religion Newswriters Association

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction	xvii
PART 1 Ideological Journalism in a New Jerusalem	1	(70)
Early Press Philosophy and Practice	3	(14)
Benjamin Harris: Philosophy and First News	4	(1)
Samuel Kneeland's Philosophy of News	5	(1)
Jeremiah Collier's Reflections on a Storm and Shipwreck	6	(1)
Confession of a Woman Accused of Murder	7	(2)
Extract from the Designs for the Georgia Colony	9	(1)
Benjamin Franklin's Apology for Printers	10	(7)
Playing God and Playing for Power	17	(14)
An Open Letter Defending Inoculation	19	(2)
Frank Scammony Questions Inoculation	21	(4)
A Dialogue between a Clergyman and a Layman, Concerning Inoculation	25	(2)
Silence Dogood on Hypocrisy	27	(4)
The Great Awakening	31	(12)
A Report on George Whitefield in New York	33	(2)
Letter from a Writer in New England to Friends in South Carolina	35	(1)
Commentary on George Whitefield's Criticism of Harvard	36	(4)
A Letter to George Whitefield from Thomas Young	40	(3)
Religion and Revolution	43	(12)
Commentary on the Stamp Act	44	(4)
The First Book of the MARKS: A Commentary on the Stamp Act	48	(2)
A Resolution Concerning the Anglican Order of Worship	50	(1)
Seasonable Reflections on the Conduct of the Puritans	51	(4)
Disestablishment and Its Discontents	55	(16)
The Need for a Common Religion with Limited Tolerance for Others	58	(2)
A'Dialogue between Orator Puff and Peter Easy, on the Proposed Plan or Frame of Government	60	(3)
The Jews of Rhode Island Welcome the President, with Reply from George Washington	63	(2)
Religious Tyranny Yet Practiced in Certain Parts of the United States	65	(3)
Commentary on Prayer in Time of War	68	(1)
Jefferson the Infidel	68	(3)
PART 2 Personal Journalism for a Protestant America	71	(154)
The Missionary Spirit	75	(14)
The Missionary Cause	77	(4)
Our Own Family	81	(4)
Mission to the Slaves	85	(1)
Christian Missionaries	86	(3)
The Birth of Modern Religion Reporting	89	(12)
From ``Awful Disclosures''	91	(2)
Maria Monk
Holy Evergreens	93	(2)
Religion and Salvation	95	(1)
Bible Society Anniversary	96	(1)
Religious Intelligence	97	(1)
A Revival in Saratoga Springs	98	(3)
Anti-Catholicism in 19th-Century America	101	(20)
Riots in Philadelphia	103	(6)
The Philadelphia Riots	109	(4)
The Bible in the Election	113	(1)
Dr. Cheever on the Bible in Schools	114	(4)
Trouble in the Wigwam	118	(3)
The Mormon Question	121	(16)
The Mormon Massacre	123	(1)
Carthage	123	(4)
Two Hours with Brigham Young	127	(6)
Polygamy, Politics and the Union Pacific Railroad	133	(4)
A Nation Divided	137	(12)
A Petition from Baptists in Missouri Concerning Slavery and Statehood	138	(3)
Mr. Douglas on the Preachers	141	(1)
Praying for the Union	142	(1)
Morals of the North	143	(1)
Church and State	144	(5)
The ``Jesus Newspaper''	149	(12)
Unique Idea in the History of Journalism	151	(1)
The Topeka Capital This Week	152	(3)
The Saturday Evening Edition	155	(1)
The Devil at Topeka	156	(2)
The Sheldon Edition of the Capital	158	(3)
Revivalism	161	(16)
First State Convention of the Y.M.C.A. of Ohio	162	(6)
Moody's Start	168	(2)
Aged Missionary's Tour	170	(1)
Billy Sunday on the Rampage at Columbus, Ohio	171	(2)
A New Mission	173	(2)
Weird Babel of Tongues	175	(2)
The Spirit of Reform	177	(20)
Reform through Social Work	179	(10)
Against Cigarettes	189	(1)
Sunday Preaches to Record Crowds	190	(7)
Faith, Science and Scripture	197	(14)
Who Is Fundamental?	199	(1)
Fosdick	200	(2)
Baptists	202	(1)
Science Serves God	202	(1)
Why the Anti-Evolution Law Was Introduced	203	(4)
Evolution Case Serious Matter to Older Folk	207	(4)
Pulling Together	211	(14)
Bigotry Imperils All, Murphy Says	213	(3)
Use of Nation's Force in Spirit of Policing Urged by Sockman, Who Decries Hatred	216	(1)
War Ban on Liquor Urged by Women	217	(1)
Clergymen, Writers Ask End to Bombings	218	(1)
Sect Members Ask Draft Exemption	219	(2)
Compulsory Salute to Flag Barred by High Court Decision	221	(4)
PART 3 Detached Journalism in a Changing World	225	(120)
Consensus Religion	229	(22)
Great Religious Revival to Continue Sixth Week	230	(3)
Revival Stirs ``Colonel Zack''	233	(1)
Trends in American Religious Life (Part I)	234	(5)
Trends in American Religious Life (Part II)	239	(5)
Trends in American Religious Life (Part III)	244	(7)
Winds of Change	251	(14)
A Catholic for President?	253	(7)
Ecumenical Meeting in Rome Opens	260	(5)
The Death of God	265	(16)
Toward a Hidden God	266	(15)
All God's Children	281	(18)
How to Read Manifesto	283	(3)
A Church for Homosexuals	286	(5)
Faith and the Revolution Are Intertwined for Padre Jaime	291	(4)
Bishops Call Arms Race ``A Curse on Mankind,'' Vote 238--9 for Letter	295	(4)
The Electronic Church	299	(18)
Religious Broadcasting Becomes Big Business, Spreading Across U.S	302	(6)
Richmonders Watching Shows at 2 1/2 Times National Rate	308	(4)
Roberts Faces New Challenges on the Televangelist Front	312	(5)
God and the Ballot Box	317	(28)
A Revivalist Breeze Blows Across the Country	318	(6)
Clout from the Religious Right: Vote	324	(5)
For Jackson, Religion and Politics Mix into Formidable Campaign Force	329	(4)
What Ever Happened to God's Left Wing?	333	(6)
For Muslim Voters in Presidential Race, Party Lines Are Nothing Sacred	339	(6)
PART 4 Coping with Diversity, Connecting to Readers	345	(152)
Culture Wars and Hot-Button Issues	349	(16)
Life and Death Choices: Anti-Abortion Faction Tries to Justify Homicide	350	(4)
Cloning of Dolly Poses Challenge to Local Religious, Ethics Leaders	354	(4)
A Complicated Calling: Homosexuals Seeking Place and Peace in Clergy	358	(7)
Church and State	365	(16)
Religious Right Using Arm of Law to Push Its Agenda	367	(4)
Sect Members Go on Trial in Baby's Death	371	(4)
The Bible Is Their Playbook	375	(6)
Pluralism Takes Hold	381	(30)
Keeping the Faith	382	(12)
Buddhism Takes Root as Mainstream Religion	394	(6)
Hinduism Community Large and Growing in U.S.	400	(4)
Computerized Faith	404	(7)
Spiritual Journeys	411	(16)
``New Age'' Religionists Head for the Hills	412	(8)
In Search of the Sacred	420	(7)
God and Mammon	427	(18)
Thou Shalt Not Lie	428	(9)
Churchgoers Are Putting Smaller Portion of Their Incomes into Collection Plates	437	(4)
Small Bookstores Struggle in Fight against Goliaths	441	(4)
Insights into Interpretations	445	(30)
Bible Scholars Vote: What Did Jesus Say or Not Say?	447	(5)
The Reverend: He Was a Preacher	452	(6)
Heresy Charge Leveled after Women Recast Church Imagery	458	(5)
Unchained Melody	463	(7)
Do No Harm---Part IV	470	(5)
Toward a New Millennium	475	(22)
Dead End for the Mainline?	477	(4)
Pentecostals Black, White Aim to Heal Racial Rift	481	(3)
Altering an Institution	484	(6)
New Millennium Filling Minds with Things Fantastic	490	(7)
Acknowledgments	497