Religion vs. Television - Competitors in Cultural Context

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Jay Newman was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He is an electrician by trade and has been involved in theatre most of his life as an actor, director, and scriptwriter. He also enjoys writing parodies of popular song lyrics. He is married with two children and dreams of one day moving his family to Vancouver Island. The Killing Farm is his first novel.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Newman, Newman Jay, Jay Newsman
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.1996
• EAN: 9780275956400
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95640-0
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Religion, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology