The subject of competition between religion and television has, if only indirectly, received considerable attention, particularly from religionists disturbed by the threat posed by television programming to traditional religious beliefs, values, and attitudes. This detailed study considers the competing cultural forces of television and religion from a wider and more theoretical perspective. Newman examines the major forms of competition and the various motives and strategies of the people and groups involved. His philosophical approach allows us to see that the most important aspect of competition between television and religion is their rivalry as cultural forces. In this rivalry, religion continues to have a profound influence on the shaping of television, just as it has always had on all newly developing forms of culture.
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The subject of competition between religion and television has, if only indirectly, received considerable attention, particularly from religionists disturbed by the threat posed by television programming to traditional religious beliefs, values, and attitudes.
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Competition Between Religion and Television: Basic Issues and Concerns Competition Between Religion and Television: Motives and Strategies Religious Television Competition Between Religion and Television: Competing Forms of Experience and Culture Bibliography Index
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Newman, a noted scholar in the field of philosophy of religion, theology, and mass communications theory, examines a cultural phenomenon of far-reaching importance-the rivalry between religion and television as cultural influences.
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ISBN
9780275956400
Publisert
1996-08-20
Utgiver
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Praeger Publishers Inc
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
168

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Biographical note

JAY NEWMAN is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a past president of the Canadian Theological Society. He is the author of Foundations of Religious Tolerance (1982), Fanatics and Hypocrites (1986), Competition in Religious Life (1989), The Journalist in Plato's Cave ((1989), and On Religious Freedom (1991). His numerous articles have appeared in such journals as Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies.