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Following 9/11 : religion coverage in the New York times / Christopher Vecsey.

By: Publication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 477 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780815609865 :
  • 0815609868 :
Other title:
  • Following September eleven
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN4899.N42 N38 2011
Contents:
A newspaper challenged. Pre-9/11: conventions of religion coverage, institutional memory -- Religion in America -- Interfaith relations -- Trauma around New York City -- Consolers, heroes, survivors -- Place and time: sacred and secular -- Religious functions of media coverage -- Islam observed. Islam in the eyes of The Times -- US Muslims -- The Islamic threat -- Who is truly Muslim? -- Fanaticism and Islam worldwide -- Western Europe's Muslims -- Sharia and gender -- The arts in portraying a religion -- Religious worlds at war. Afghanistan and the Taliban -- The Jewish angle -- Israel -- War in Iraq -- Meanings of 9/11. Justifications and significations -- Relativism, patriotism, and their perils -- "Clash of civilizations" -- The Times beyond the times -- The Times of Thomas L. Friedman -- The Battle of Lepanto redux -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A newspaper challenged. Pre-9/11: conventions of religion coverage, institutional memory -- Religion in America -- Interfaith relations -- Trauma around New York City -- Consolers, heroes, survivors -- Place and time: sacred and secular -- Religious functions of media coverage -- Islam observed. Islam in the eyes of The Times -- US Muslims -- The Islamic threat -- Who is truly Muslim? -- Fanaticism and Islam worldwide -- Western Europe's Muslims -- Sharia and gender -- The arts in portraying a religion -- Religious worlds at war. Afghanistan and the Taliban -- The Jewish angle -- Israel -- War in Iraq -- Meanings of 9/11. Justifications and significations -- Relativism, patriotism, and their perils -- "Clash of civilizations" -- The Times beyond the times -- The Times of Thomas L. Friedman -- The Battle of Lepanto redux -- Epilogue.

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