From Yahweh to Yahoo!: the religious roots of the secular press

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