Fundamentalisms and the Media

Stewart M. Hoover is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he directs the Center for Media, Religion and Culture. Nadia Kaneva is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communications and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver.

• Introduction; Stewart M. Hoover (University of Colorado - Boulder, USA) & Nadia Kaneva (University of Denver, USA); Part I: Histories; 1 What Can Peacebuilders Learn From Fundamentalists? R. Scott Appleby (University of Notre Dame, USA); 2 Are Free Expression and Fundamentalism Two Colliding Principles? Edward Michael Lenert (University of Nevada - Reno, USA); 3 A Historical Overview of American Christian Fundamentalism in the 20th Century - Susan Maurer (St. John's University, USA); Part II: Mediations; 4 Fundamentalism in Arab and Muslim Media - Leon Barkho (Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden); 5 Conservative Christian Spokespeople in Mainstream US News Media - Kirsten Isgro (Mount Holyoke College, USA); 6 Use of the Term 'Fundamentalist Christian' in Canadian National Television News - David Haskell (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada); 7 The Vernacular Ideology of Christian Fundamentalism on the World Wide Web - Robert Glenn Howard (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA); 8 Opus Dei and the Role of the Media in Constructing Fundamentalist Identity - Claire Hoertz Badaracco (Marquette University, USA); Part III: Locations; 9 African Traditional Religion, Pentecostalism and the Clash of Spiritualities in Ghana - J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu (Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana); 10 Discursive Construction of Shamanism and Christian Fundamentalism in Korean Popular Culture - Jin Kyu Park (Seoul Women's University, South Korea); 11 Christian Fundamentalism and the Media in India - Pradip N. Thomas (University of Queensland, Australia).

"The relationship between the media and various forms of "fundamentalism" has been intimate, complex, mutually reinforcing - and largely misunderstood. This superb volume of essays goes a long way toward enhancing our grasp of this crucial topic." - Randall Balmer, Professor of American Religious History, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA