Sex, Religion, Media

From: Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Sex, Religion, Media. Dane S. Claussen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 295 pp. $72.50 hbk. $24.95 pbk.

The study of religion and media has taken on new legitimacy and life over the past decade with a spate of new books and journals. Although The Religious Communication Association launched The Journal of Communication and Religion as early as 1978, serious inquiries into this long-neglected field were few until the early 1990s. Pioneers in the academic exploration of religion, media, and popular culture include Judith Buddenbaum and Daniel Stout, who have published books on the ...

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