| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 220 pages) |
| Contents |
Background -- Introduction / Paul Marshall -- God is winning : religion in global politics / Timothy Samuel Shah and Monica Duffy Toft -- Case studies -- Religion and terrorism : misreading Bin Laden / Paul Marshall -- Decades of misreporting Iran and Iraq / Michael Rubin -- The faith-based human rights quest : missing the story / Allen D. Hertzke -- "Misunderestimating" religion in the 2004 presidential campaign / C. Danielle Vinson and James L. Guth -- The popes / Amy Welborn -- Jesus Christ, superstar : the passion of the press / Jeremy Lott -- Getting it right -- Getting religion in the newsroom / Terry Mattingly -- Getting it right / Roberta Green Ahmanson |
| Summary |
Today understanding of religion is essential to understanding many major news stories. This text examines how the media frequently miss or misunderstand these stories because they do not take religion seriously, and how they misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-210) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and the press.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Religion and the press
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marshall, Paul A., 1948-
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Gilbert, Lela.
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Green, Roberta.
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780199705696 |
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0199705690 |
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