Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction: Journalism Facing Faith 1 (18)
PART 1: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE MASS MEDIA
Prophetic Journalism: Moral Outrage and the 19 (14)
News
The Profits of Reform: Printers, Capitalists, 33 (14)
and the Priesthood of Believers
Skeptics of Faith or Faith in Skepticism? 47 (14)
Enlightening the Journalistic Mind
Mystics, Idealists, and Utopians: Journalism 61 (15)
and the Romantic Tradition
Muckraking the Nation's Conscience: 76 (12)
Journalists and the Social Gospel
Mencken, Monkeys, and Modernity: A New 88 (14)
Metaphysic for the Newsroom
Pragmatism and the ``Facts'' of Religious 102(15)
Experience: The Model for a Synthesis
PART 2: RESEARCH, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND THE
ETHICS OF THE PRESS
Trusting Their Guts: The Moral Compass of a 117(13)
Doubters' Profession
``I Will Show You My Faith by What I Do'': A 130(18)
Survey of the Religious Beliefs of
Journalists and Journalists' Faith Put into
Action
Religion, Morality, and Professional Values: 148(17)
A Study of the Ethical Sources of Today's
Journalists
PART 3: SECULARISM AND THE NEWSROOM SEARCH FOR
SUBSTITUTE FAITHS
The Cult of Science and the Scientifically 165(14)
Challenged Press
The Mind of the Inquiring Reporter: 179(13)
Psychology and the Science of the Soul
The Press, Politics, and Religion in the 192(14)
Public Square
Foundations of Sand: Technology Worship and 206(10)
the Internet
The Gospel of public Journalism: The Newsroom 216(17)
Communitarians and the Search for Civic Virtue
PART 4: JOURNALISM AFTER JESUS
Jesus without Journalists: Miracles and 233(16)
Mysteries, Minus Media Reports
Visions of Mary and the Less Than Visionary 249(4)
Press: Religious Apparitions in the Framing
of the Modern Media
Proselytizing and Profits: The Growth of 253(11)
Televangelism and the Collaboration of the
Mainstream Press
Pluralism and the Press's Blind Spots: The 264(7)
Coverage of Religious Diversity at Home and
Abroad
Afterword 271(10)
Notes 281(38)
Selected Bibliography 319(12)
Index 331
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