"Published on behalf of the World Association for Christian Communication."--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-292).

Introduction / Chris Arthur -- Media mythologies / Gregor Goethals -- Teaching theology in a new cultural environment / Peter Horsfield -- The religious relevance of television / William F. Fore -- The media and theology: some reflections / Duncan B. Forrester -- Religious communication in the context of soap values / Eric Shegog -- Religion, education, and the communication of values / Jim McDonnell -- Popular religion on TV / Neil Simpson -- Everybody needs good neighbours: soap opera as community of meaning / Derek C. Weber -- Religious values and root paradigms: a method of cultural analysis / William E. Biernatzki -- The theology of the nine o'clock news / Colin Morris -- Ill news comes often on the back of worse / John Eldridge -- An Islamic perspective on the news / S.A. Schleifer -- Learning from failure: towards a rationale for religious communication / Chris Arthur -- Television commercials: mirror and symbol of societal values / Peg Slinger -- Theological reflections: social effects of television / Jeanne Cover -- 'Thou shalt have no other jeans before me' / Dorothee Sölle -- Hymns and arias / D.P. Davies -- Religious broadcasting on independent television / Rachel Viney -- Privatism, authority, and autonomy in American newspaper coverage of religion: the readers speak / Stewart M. Hoover.