Each chapter in this unique volume explores intersections of sex, religion, and media in our society.
List of Illustrations
p. xi
Introduction
p. xiii
The Engagement and Avoidance of Sex and Religion in Media Production
Bernarr Macfadden's Physical Culture: Marketing Health by Selling Bodies, Health, and Morals
p. 3
The Whore of Babylon, Suggestibility, and the Art of Sexless Sex in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949)
p. 21
Religious and Sexual Images in Rock Videos: A Second-by-Second Analysis
p. 33
The Muddled Middle: protestantism's Encounter with Homosexuality since the 1960s
p. 43
A Broken Trust: Canadian Priests, Brothers, Pedophilia, and the Media
p. 65
The Silence of the Jewish Media on Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Jewish Community
p. 79
Media Content, Conservatives, Sex, and the "Liberal Establishment"
"I didn't need to see the tattooed lady takin' it off": Evangelicals and Representations of Sexuality in Contemporary Film
p. 91
Responses to Television from the New Christian Right: The Donald Wildmon Organizations' Fight against Sexual Content
p. 101
Magazine Coverage of the Man the Networks Love to Hate
p. 115
Morality Politics Associated with Abstinence-Only Sex Education Sought as a Remedy to Welfare Dependency
p. 123
Media Content, Liberals, Sex, and the "Conservative Establishment"
The Organ in the Sanctuary: Silent Film and Paradigmatic Images of the Suspect Clergy
p. 139
Cult Sex: The Mass Media Reporting of Sexual Issues Surrounding New Religious Movements
p. 153
Issue Culture Analysis and the Gay/Lesbian Religious Controversy
p. 171
The Word on Sex: Biblical Interpretation on the Web and Constructed Realities
p. 183
Between Law and Love: Christianity, Politics, and Sexual Citizenship
p. 197
Media Agenda-Setting and Cultivation of Religion and Sex
The Disenchantment of Modern Sexuality: Packaged by Media into Weber's "Iron Cage"
p. 217
Family, Peers, Religiosity, Electronic Media, and the Risk of Adolescent Sexual Activity
p. 235
Media Cultivation and Perceptions of Sexual Morality in Church of Christ Adolescents
p. 253
"Oh God, My Kid Is Gay!": The Effects of Religious Belief and Media Consumption on Parental Ability to Accept a Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual Child
p. 265
Conclusion
p. 271
Index
p. 283
About the Editor and Contributors
p. 293
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