Quoting God

ForewordJohn Dart, Christian Century Magazine

Introduction: Quotation and the Life of Public TextsClaire Hoertz Badaracco, Marquette University

1. Journalism and the Religious ImaginationJohn Schmalzbauer, College of the Holy Cross

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKRadio in Tibet: A Portable Window on the SacredJohn B. Buescher, Tibetan News Service, Voice of America

2. God Talk in the Public SquareC. Welton Gaddy, National Interfaith Alliance

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKLaw and the Middle East Media: Between Censorship and IndependenceMohammed el-Nawawy, Georgia State University

3. The First Amendment and the Falun GongPaul Moses, Brooklyn College

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKFirst Amendment and the Common GoodPeter Smith, Louisville Courier-Journal

4. A Framework for Understanding FundamentalismRebecca Moore, San Diego State University

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKModernity and Fundamentalism in MongoliaCorey Flintoff, National Public Radio

5. Biblical Prophecy and Foreign PolicyPaul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKPost-9/11 Media and Muslim Identity in American MediaAslam Abdallah, Minaret and Muslim Observer

6. Last Words: Death and Public Self-ExpressionJohn P. Ferré, University of Louisville

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKComedy and Death in Media SpaceMark I. Pinsky, Orlando Sentinel

7. Collective Memory, National Identity: Victims and Victimizers in JapanRichard A. Gardner, Sophia University-Tokyo

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKReligious Contradiction and the Japanese SoulTeresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

8. Appalachian Regional Identity in National MediaHoward Dorgan, Appalachian State University

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKThe Reporter as Participant-ObserverAdam Phillips, Voice of America

9. The Virgin of Guadalupe as Cultural IconVirgilio Elizondo, University of Notre Dame

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKDesert ReligionsRichard Rodriguez, Pacific News Service

10 Reporting Complexity: Science and ReligionJame Schaefer, Marquette University

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKFairness and Pressure Advocacy in Controversial ScienceJoe Williams, New York Daily News

11 Vatican Opinion on Modern CommunicationPaul Soukup, S.J., University of Santa Clara

VIEW FROM THE NEWS DESKMocha and Meditation MatsDavid Crumm, Detroit Free Press

Conclusion: A Relationship of Overlapping ConversationsGustav Niebuhr, Syracuse University

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