Unsecular Media

MAKING NEWS OF RELIGION IN AMERICA

By: Mark Silk

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Paperback | 16 March 1998

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Holy wars, efforts to legislate biblical morality, sexual and financial misbehavior by ministers, new spiritual movements - these and other controversial religious phenomena make their way more and more frequently into what we read, hear, and see. Unsecular Media is the first comprehensive description and analysis of how the American news media cover religion. A working journalist as well as a historian of religion, Mark Silk explores the inherent tensions between religion and the news media and traces the ups and downs of religious news coverage from Benjamin Franklin to David Koresh. By showing why religion stories read the way they do, he clarifies the place of religion in American society.''Argues that those who write on, edit and give place to religious themes in American journalism unwittingly favor religion too much. . . . Likely to have a long-term if subtle effect on religious coverage in the secular press.''--Martin E. Marty, Christian Century ''Provides a framework for a less judgmental and more pluralistic approach to the coverage of religion in the U.S. Highly recommended.''-- Choice

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"A fresh interpretation of religious news coverage... Religion ordinarily gets an easy ride, says Silk, because the American public by and large favors religiousness. The press either reflects that favorable view or, with an eye to the market, caters to it... Silk is onto something. He is even likely to have a long-term if subtle effect on religious coverage in the secular press." -- Martin Marty, Christian Century

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