Jay Newman

Religion vs. Television (eBook, PDF)

Competitors in Cultural Context

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313024221
• Artikelnr.: 37809867

Autorenporträt

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 author of eight books including Religion vs. Television: Competitors in Cultural Context (Praeger, 1996), On Religious Freedom (1991), and The Journalist in Plato's Cave (1989). His numerous articles have appeared in such journals as Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

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