Readings on Religion As News

Discussions and examples of writing news about religion - a type of journalism rarely taught in the classroom but frequently assigned on the job - are found in this anthology, suitable for teaching alone or as a companion to Reporting News about Religion: An Introduction for Journalists. Containing over 70 examples published in American newspapers and magazines, this book discusses trends in American newspaper ownership and American society that have affected coverage of religious news, evolution of substance and style, and the influence of religion on American culture.

Judith M. Buddenbaum is a professor in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication at Colorado State University Debra L. Mason is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Otterbein College, Ohio, and the executive director of the Religion Newswriters Association

Preface

xiii

Introduction

xvii

PART 1 Ideological Journalism in a New Jerusalem

1

(70)

Early Press Philosophy and Practice

3

(14)

Benjamin Harris: Philosophy and First News

4

(1)

Samuel Kneeland's Philosophy of News

5

(1)

Jeremiah Collier's Reflections on a Storm and Shipwreck

6

(1)

Confession of a Woman Accused of Murder

7

(2)

Extract from the Designs for the Georgia Colony

9

(1)

Benjamin Franklin's Apology for Printers

10

(7)

Playing God and Playing for Power

17

(14)

An Open Letter Defending Inoculation

19

(2)

Frank Scammony Questions Inoculation

21

(4)

A Dialogue between a Clergyman and a Layman, Concerning Inoculation

25

(2)

Silence Dogood on Hypocrisy

27

(4)

The Great Awakening

31

(12)

A Report on George Whitefield in New York

33

(2)

Letter from a Writer in New England to Friends in South Carolina

35

(1)

Commentary on George Whitefield's Criticism of Harvard

36

(4)

A Letter to George Whitefield from Thomas Young

40

(3)

Religion and Revolution

43

(12)

Commentary on the Stamp Act

44

(4)

The First Book of the MARKS: A Commentary on the Stamp Act

48

(2)

A Resolution Concerning the Anglican Order of Worship

50

(1)

Seasonable Reflections on the Conduct of the Puritans

51

(4)

Disestablishment and Its Discontents

55

(16)

The Need for a Common Religion with Limited Tolerance for Others

58

(2)

A'Dialogue between Orator Puff and Peter Easy, on the Proposed Plan or Frame of Government

60

(3)

The Jews of Rhode Island Welcome the President, with Reply from George Washington

63

(2)

Religious Tyranny Yet Practiced in Certain Parts of the United States

65

(3)

Commentary on Prayer in Time of War

68

(1)

Jefferson the Infidel

68

(3)

PART 2 Personal Journalism for a Protestant America

71

(154)

The Missionary Spirit

75

(14)

The Missionary Cause

77

(4)

Our Own Family

81

(4)

Mission to the Slaves

85

(1)

Christian Missionaries

86

(3)

The Birth of Modern Religion Reporting

89

(12)

From ``Awful Disclosures''

91

(2)

Maria Monk

Holy Evergreens

93

(2)

Religion and Salvation

95

(1)

Bible Society Anniversary

96

(1)

Religious Intelligence

97

(1)

A Revival in Saratoga Springs

98

(3)

Anti-Catholicism in 19th-Century America

101

(20)

Riots in Philadelphia

103

(6)

The Philadelphia Riots

109

(4)

The Bible in the Election

113

(1)

Dr. Cheever on the Bible in Schools

114

(4)

Trouble in the Wigwam

118

(3)

The Mormon Question

121

(16)

The Mormon Massacre

123

(1)

Carthage

123

(4)

Two Hours with Brigham Young

127

(6)

Polygamy, Politics and the Union Pacific Railroad

133

(4)

A Nation Divided

137

(12)

A Petition from Baptists in Missouri Concerning Slavery and Statehood

138

(3)

Mr. Douglas on the Preachers

141

(1)

Praying for the Union

142

(1)

Morals of the North

143

(1)

Church and State

144

(5)

The ``Jesus Newspaper''

149

(12)

Unique Idea in the History of Journalism

151

(1)

The Topeka Capital This Week

152

(3)

The Saturday Evening Edition

155

(1)

The Devil at Topeka

156

(2)

The Sheldon Edition of the Capital

158

(3)

Revivalism

161

(16)

First State Convention of the Y.M.C.A. of Ohio

162

(6)

Moody's Start

168

(2)

Aged Missionary's Tour

170

(1)

Billy Sunday on the Rampage at Columbus, Ohio

171

(2)

A New Mission

173

(2)

Weird Babel of Tongues

175

(2)

The Spirit of Reform

177

(20)

Reform through Social Work

179

(10)

Against Cigarettes

189

(1)

Sunday Preaches to Record Crowds

190

(7)

Faith, Science and Scripture

197

(14)

Who Is Fundamental?

199

(1)

Fosdick

200

(2)

Baptists

202

(1)

Science Serves God

202

(1)

Why the Anti-Evolution Law Was Introduced

203

(4)

Evolution Case Serious Matter to Older Folk

207

(4)

Pulling Together

211

(14)

Bigotry Imperils All, Murphy Says

213

(3)

Use of Nation's Force in Spirit of Policing Urged by Sockman, Who Decries Hatred

216

(1)

War Ban on Liquor Urged by Women

217

(1)

Clergymen, Writers Ask End to Bombings

218

(1)

Sect Members Ask Draft Exemption

219

(2)

Compulsory Salute to Flag Barred by High Court Decision

221

(4)

PART 3 Detached Journalism in a Changing World

225

(120)

Consensus Religion

229

(22)

Great Religious Revival to Continue Sixth Week

230

(3)

Revival Stirs ``Colonel Zack''

233

(1)

Trends in American Religious Life (Part I)

234

(5)

Trends in American Religious Life (Part II)

239

(5)

Trends in American Religious Life (Part III)

244

(7)

Winds of Change

251

(14)

A Catholic for President?

253

(7)

Ecumenical Meeting in Rome Opens

260

(5)

The Death of God

265

(16)

Toward a Hidden God

266

(15)

All God's Children

281

(18)

How to Read Manifesto

283

(3)

A Church for Homosexuals

286

(5)

Faith and the Revolution Are Intertwined for Padre Jaime

291

(4)

Bishops Call Arms Race ``A Curse on Mankind,'' Vote 238--9 for Letter

295

(4)

The Electronic Church

299

(18)

Religious Broadcasting Becomes Big Business, Spreading Across U.S

302

(6)

Richmonders Watching Shows at 2 1/2 Times National Rate

308

(4)

Roberts Faces New Challenges on the Televangelist Front

312

(5)

God and the Ballot Box

317

(28)

A Revivalist Breeze Blows Across the Country

318

(6)

Clout from the Religious Right: Vote

324

(5)

For Jackson, Religion and Politics Mix into Formidable Campaign Force

329

(4)

What Ever Happened to God's Left Wing?

333

(6)

For Muslim Voters in Presidential Race, Party Lines Are Nothing Sacred

339

(6)

PART 4 Coping with Diversity, Connecting to Readers

345

(152)

Culture Wars and Hot-Button Issues

349

(16)

Life and Death Choices: Anti-Abortion Faction Tries to Justify Homicide

350

(4)

Cloning of Dolly Poses Challenge to Local Religious, Ethics Leaders

354

(4)

A Complicated Calling: Homosexuals Seeking Place and Peace in Clergy

358

(7)

Church and State

365

(16)

Religious Right Using Arm of Law to Push Its Agenda

367

(4)

Sect Members Go on Trial in Baby's Death

371

(4)

The Bible Is Their Playbook

375

(6)

Pluralism Takes Hold

381

(30)

Keeping the Faith

382

(12)

Buddhism Takes Root as Mainstream Religion

394

(6)

Hinduism Community Large and Growing in U.S.

400

(4)

Computerized Faith

404

(7)

Spiritual Journeys

411

(16)

``New Age'' Religionists Head for the Hills

412

(8)

In Search of the Sacred

420

(7)

God and Mammon

427

(18)

Thou Shalt Not Lie

428

(9)

Churchgoers Are Putting Smaller Portion of Their Incomes into Collection Plates

437

(4)

Small Bookstores Struggle in Fight against Goliaths

441

(4)

Insights into Interpretations

445

(30)

Bible Scholars Vote: What Did Jesus Say or Not Say?

447

(5)

The Reverend: He Was a Preacher

452

(6)

Heresy Charge Leveled after Women Recast Church Imagery

458

(5)

Unchained Melody

463

(7)

Do No Harm---Part IV

470

(5)

Toward a New Millennium

475

(22)

Dead End for the Mainline?

477

(4)

Pentecostals Black, White Aim to Heal Racial Rift

481

(3)

Altering an Institution

484

(6)

New Millennium Filling Minds with Things Fantastic

490

(7)

Acknowledgments

497

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