1st Edition
Religion and Television A Special Issue of the journal of Media and Religion
64 Pages
by
Routledge
This special issue presents four articles on the topic of religion and television. The first article analyzes five of the highest-rated television dramas from the 2000-2001 season in terms of "faith-based" media literacy. It strives for a more systematic and conceptually sound critique that gets beyond the casual assessments frequently found in the popular press. The next article discusses The... Read more
Volume 1, Number 3, 2002. Contents: T. Bleythe, Working Hard for the Money: A Faith-Based Media Literacy Analysis of the Top Television Dramas of 2000-2001. T.V. Lewis, The Simpsons.Religious Rhetoric and the Comic Frame in H. Warren, The Bible Tells Me So: Depictions of Race, Gender and Authority in Children's Videos. P.C. Peterson, The X-Files.Religion in BOOK REVIEWS: J. Omachonu, Communicating for Life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media by Quentin J. Schultze. B. Evensen, The Evangelist and the Impresario: Religion, Entertainment and Cultural Politics in America, 1884-1914 by Kathryn J. Oberdeck.
Biography
Daniel A. Stout, Judith M. Buddenbaum
