About the Book
Quoting God
How Media Shape Ideas about Religion and Culture
Claire H. Badaracco , Editor
ISBN: 1-932792-06-6 / 978-1-932792-06-5
Price: $34.95
Discount: Short
Publication Date: 2005
Specs: Paper Back / 325 pages / Notes / Works Cited / Index
Quoting God charts the many ways in which media reports religion news, how media uses the quoted word to describe lived faith, and how media itself influences-and is influenced by-religion in the public square. The volume intentionally brings together the work of academics, who study religion as a crucial factor in the construction of identity, and the work of professional journalists, who regularly report on religion in an age of instant and competitive news. This book clearly demonstrates that the relationship between media culture and spiritual culture is foundational and multi-directional; that the relationship between news values and religion in political life is influential; and that the relationship among modernity, belief, and journalism is pivotal.
Reviews:
"For better and for worse, we are all connected as people shaped by media. This rich and multi-faceted reader in religion and modern communications shows how the need to tell each other stories affects the shapers and the shaped."
-Kenneth L. Woodward, Contributing Editor, Newsweek
"There is rarely any news today, whether national or international, that is not freighted with a religious component or a religious underpinning. The scholars and journalists in this volume know the importance religion plays in almost every dimension of life. Covering a wide array of topics, the essays in this book each make a unique contribution on a subject must discussed but little understood. It will serve as a valuable resource for students and journalists alike."
-Michael Cromartie, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington
"Quoting God is a testament to the stunning diversity and complexity of what Gus Niebuhr calls the "religion-media encounter." Of the many significant contributions the book makes, one of the most important is to remind us that religion intersects with almost every conceivable journalistic "beat." The book illustrates the kind of fresh and informative stories that can result when journalists recognize these intersections."
-Melissa Rogers, Wake Forest University Divinity School
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