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Making the American Religious Fringe: Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955-1993
Sean McCloud
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Paperback. In an examination of religion coverage in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony, Christianity Today, National Review, and other news magazines, Sean McCloud combines religious history and social theory to analyze how and why mass-market magazines depicted religions as "mainstream" or "fringe" in the post-World War II United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
In an examination of religion coverage in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony, Christianity Today, National Review, and other news and special interest magazines, Sean McCloud combines religious history and social theory to analyze how and why mass-market magazines depicted religions as ""mainstream"" or ""fringe"" in the post-World War II United States. McCloud argues that in assuming an American mainstream that was white, middle class, and religiously liberal, journalists in the largest magazines, under the guise of objective reporting, offered a spiritual apologetics for the dominant social order. McCloud analyzes articles on a wide range of religious movements ... Read more
In an examination of religion coverage in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony, Christianity Today, National Review, and other news and special interest magazines, Sean McCloud combines religious history and social theory to analyze how and why mass-market magazines depicted religions as ""mainstream"" or ""fringe"" in the post-World War II United States. McCloud argues that in assuming an American mainstream that was white, middle class, and religiously liberal, journalists in the largest magazines, under the guise of objective reporting, offered a spiritual apologetics for the dominant social order. McCloud analyzes articles on a wide range of religious movements ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University North Carolina Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854969
SKU
KRA0012677
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About Sean McCloud
Sean McCloud is assistant professor of religion and modern culture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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