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Media
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Finding My Religion 
 Ongoing series of interviews with people "from a cross-section of religious and cultural backgrounds to discuss their views on God, prayer, the afterlife and other topics." Some of the individuals interviewed include religious scholars, philosophers, monks, authors, artists, and people who have converted to a new faith or found religion for the first time. From SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/02/01/intromiller.DTL Topics: Religion Last updated May 14, 2007 Journal of Religion & Society
This journal "promotes the study of religious groups and beliefs among the various peoples of the world, past and present, with emphasis on American religions and the Western religious traditions." Includes archived articles back to 1999 on topics such as "Religious Cosmologies and Homicide Rates among Nations," and Christian theology in popular literature. Also includes book reviews. From the Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Creighton University. http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/ Topics: Religion Last updated Jun 20, 2006 The Martin Marty Center: Sightings
This online publication "reports and comments on the role of religion in public life via e-mail twice a week." The site features archives of articles back to 1999 on topics such as "Pro-Life Progressivism," chaplains in the war zone, yoga and fundamentalist Christianity, "Black Theology and Womanist Theology in Conversation," and more. From the Martin Marty Center, the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago. http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/sightings/ Topics: Philosophy, Religion Last updated Jun 20, 2006 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
This site is a companion to an ongoing Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "program devoted entirely to the news of religion and spirituality, and major ethical issues" from around the nation and the world. The site includes audio clips from the programs, interviews, features articles, news briefs, and a section on religious beliefs and practices. Also includes a religious calendar, classroom materials, viewer's guides, and related resources. Searchable. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/ Topics: Ethics, Media, Religion, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 13, 2005 Religious Broadcasting
Collection of historic material about televangelism and evangelist broadcasting on the radio. Topics include radio and television networks, professional organizations, and parachurch organizations. The site features books and articles written by Jeffrey Hadden in the 1980s and 1990s. Also includes a bibliography (last updated 2001). Note: Much material has not been updated since 2000, and a number of the links to sites are broken. From the University of Virginia. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/relbroad/ Topics: Christianity, Media, Religion Last updated Jun 14, 2008 The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion and the Press
This web journal "is a daily review of religion in the news and the news about religion. We're not so much nonpartisan as polypartisan -- interested in all sides, disdainful of dualistic arguments, and enamored of free speech as a first principle. We publish and link to work by people of all persuasions, religious, political, sexual, and critical." Archive goes back to 2003. Associated with the New York University (NYU) Center for Religion and Media. http://www.therevealer.org/ Topics: Religion Last updated Apr 22, 2008 Speaking of Faith
"'Speaking of Faith,' hosted by Krista Tippett, is public radio's weekly conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas. ... [It] does not always have 'religion' itself as a subject. Week after week, it grapples with themes of American life -- asking how perspectives of faith might distinctively inform and illuminate our public reflection." Archive goes back to 2001. Listen online or download podcasts. RSS feed available. From American Public Media. http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/ Topics: Media, Religion Last updated Feb 23, 2006 |
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