Machine generated contents note: PART 1: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE MASS MEDIA -- 1. Prophetic Journalism: Moral Outrage and the News 19 -- 2. The Profits of Reform: Printers, Capitalists, and the Priesthood -- of Believers 33 -- 3. Skeptics of Faith or Faith in Skepticism? Enlightening the -- Journalistic Mind 47 -- 4. Mystics, Idealists, and Utopians: Journalism and the -- Romantic Tradition 61 -- 5. Muckraking the Nation's Conscience: Journalists and the -- Social Gospel 76 -- 6. Mencken, Monkeys, and Modernity: A New Metaphysic for -- the Newsroom 88 -- 7. Pragmatism and the "Facts" of Religious Experience: -- The Model for a Synthesis 102 -- PART 2: RESEARCH, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND THE -- ETHICS OF THE PRESS -- 8. Trusting Their Guts: The Moral Compass of a -- Doubters' Profession 117 -- 9. "I Will Show You My Faith by What I Do": A Survey of the -- Religious Beliefs of Journalists and Journalists' Faith Put -- into Action 130 -- 10. Religion, Morality, and Professional Values: A Study of the -- Ethical Sources of Today's Journalists 148 -- PART 3: SECULARISM AND THE NEWSROOM SEARCH -- FOR SUBSTITUTE FAITHS -- 11. The Cult of Science and the Scientifically Challenged Press 165 -- 12. The Mind of the Inquiring Reporter: Psychology and the -- Science of the Soul 179 -- 13. The Press, Politics, and Religion in the Public Squal-e 192 -- 14. Foundations of Sand: Technology Worship and the Internet 206 -- 15. |