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John Schmalzbauer - People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education - 9780801438868 - KEX0250733
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People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education

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Description for People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JN; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546. Nice clean copy in good dustwrapper

Over the past two decades, a host of critics have accused American journalism and higher education of being indifferent, even openly hostile, to religious concerns. These professions, more than any others, are said to drive a wedge between facts and values, faith and knowledge, the sacred and the secular. However, a growing number of observers are calling attention to a religious resurgence—journalists are covering religion more frequently and religious scholars in academia are increasingly visible.

John Schmalzbauer provides a compelling investigation of the role of Catholic and evangelical Protestant beliefs in the newsroom and the classroom. His interviews with forty ... Read more

Some of the journalists and academics with whom Schmalzbauer spoke qualified displays of personal religious belief with reminders of their own professional credibility, drawing a line between advocacy and objectivity. Schmalzbauer highlights the persistent tensions between the worlds of public endeavor and private belief, yet he maintains there is room for faith even in professional environments that have tended to prize empiricism and detachment over expressions of personal conviction.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801438868
SKU
KEX0250733
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About John Schmalzbauer
John Schmalzbauer is Assistant Professor of Sociology and E. B. Williams Fellow at the College of the Holy Cross.

Reviews for People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education
At the core of this work, Schmalzbauer has shown that religious belief in the professions does not take something away, but has the ability to add a richer description and understanding of human reality. This is an insight that both religious scholars and nonreligious scholars alike can appreciate.
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University
Sociology of Religion
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