Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• John Dart, Christian Century Magazine
• Introduction: Quotation and the Life of Public Texts
• Claire Hoertz Badaracco, Marquette University
• 1. Journalism and the Religious Imagination
• John Schmalzbauer, College of the Holy Cross
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Radio in Tibet: A Portable Window on the Sacred
• John B. Buescher, Tibetan News Service, Voice of America
• 2. God Talk in the Public Square
• C. Welton Gaddy, National Interfaith Alliance
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Law and the Middle East Media: Between Censorship and Independence
• Mohammed el-Nawawy, Georgia State University
• 3. The First Amendment and the Falun Gong
• Paul Moses, Brooklyn College
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• First Amendment and the Common Good
• Peter Smith, Louisville Courier-Journal
• 4. A Framework for Understanding Fundamentalism
• Rebecca Moore, San Diego State University
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Modernity and Fundamentalism in Mongolia
• Corey Flintoff, National Public Radio
• 5. Biblical Prophecy and Foreign Policy
• Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Post-9/11 Media and Muslim Identity in American Media
• Aslam Abdallah, Minaret and Muslim Observer
• 6. Last Words: Death and Public Self-Expression
• John P. Ferr?®, University of Louisville
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Comedy and Death in Media Space
• Mark I. Pinsky, Orlando Sentinel
• 7. Collective Memory, National Identity: Victims and Victimizers in Japan
• Richard A. Gardner, Sophia University-Tokyo
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Religious Contradiction and the Japanese Soul
• Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times
• 8. Appalachian Regional Identity in National Media
• Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• The Reporter as Participant-Observer
• Adam Phillips, Voice of America
• 9. The Virgin of Guadalupe as Cultural Icon
• Virgilio Elizondo, University of Notre Dame
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Desert Religions
• Richard Rodriguez, Pacific News Service
• 10 Reporting Complexity: Science and Religion
• Jame Schaefer, Marquette University
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Fairness and Pressure Advocacy in Controversial Science
• Joe Williams, New York Daily News
• 11 Vatican Opinion on Modern Communication
• Paul Soukup, S.J., University of Santa Clara
• VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESK
• Mocha and Meditation Mats
• David Crumm, Detroit Free Press
• Conclusion: A Relationship of Overlapping Conversations
• Gustav Niebuhr, Syracuse University
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Contributors
• Index

About the Author

Claire Hoertz Badaracco (Ph.D. Rutgers) is Professor in the College Communication, Marquette University. She is the author of Trading Words: Poetry, Typography, and Illustrated Books in the Modern Literary Economy (1995) and American Culture and the Marketplace (1992).

Reviews

The essays in this book each make a unique contribution on a subject must discussed but little understood. -Michael Cromartie, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington

Badaracco has assembled an impressive collection of essays by leading scholars and journalism professionals... Those who have, or will have, the responsibility for analyzing and reporting on religion should have access to this timely volume... Highly recommended. -- CHOICE