Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-329) and index.

Journalism facing faith. The religious roots of the mass media. Prophetic journalism : moral outrage and the news -- The profits of reform : printers, capitalists, and the priesthood of believers -- Skeptics of faith or faith in skepticism? Enlightening the journalistic mind -- Mystics, idealists, and utopians : journalism and the romantic tradition -- Muckraking the nation's conscience : journalists and the social gospel -- Mencken, monkeys, and modernity : a new metaphysic for the newsroom -- Pragmatism and the "facts" of religious experience : the model for a synthesis. Research, religious beliefs, and the ethics of the press. Trusting their guts : the moral compass of a doubter's profession -- "I will show you my faith by what I do" : a survey of the religious beliefs of journalists and journalists' faith put into action --

Religion, morality, and professional values : a study of the ethical sources of today's journalists. Secularism and the newsroom search for substitute faiths. The cult of science and the scientifically challenged press -- The mind of the inquiring reporter : psychology and the science of the soul -- The press, politics, and religion in the public square -- Foundations of sand : technology worship and the internet -- The gospel of public journalism : the newsroom communitarians and the search for civic virtue. Journalism after Jesus. Jesus without journalists : miracles and mysteries, minus media reports -- Visions of Mary and the less than visionary press: religious apparitions in the framing of the modern media -- Proselytizing and profits : the growth of televangelism and the collaboration of the mainstream press -- Pluralism and the press's blind spots : the coverage of religious diversity at home and abroad.