Religion vs. Television
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- ISBN 9780275956400
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 1996
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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. 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.
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.
