Section One: History. Religion and News in Eighteenth-Century America / David Copeland ;The Penny Press and the Birth of Modern Religion Reporting / Judith M. Buddenbaum ; American Journalism and Religion, 1870-1930 / Richard Flory ; Religion News Coverage between 1930 and 1960 / Debra L. Mason ; Religion in the News Since 9/11 / Stewart M. Hoover ; Late Night Comedy as a Source of Religion News / Lynn Schofield Clark and Jill Dierberg. -- Section Two: The Media. Religion in Print Media / Doug Underwood ; Religion News on the Radio / Peter Manseau ; Religion in Commercial Television News / Michele Rosenthal ; Religion News Online / Debra L. Mason. -- Section Three: Religions. American Catholicism and the Mass-Market Newsweekly / Peter Manseau ; Mainline Protestants and News Narratives / J. Terry Todd ; Orthodox Judaism and the News / Nora L. Rubel ; Media Representations of 'Sunbelt' Evangelicalism / Darren Dochuk ; The Legend of the Assassins in News Coverage of Muslims / Karim H. Karim ; News coverage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Jana Reiss ; News Coverage and Popular Press Reports of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi / Jane Naomi Iwamura ; American Press Coverage of Buddhism from the 1870s to the Present / Nick Street ; Wicca in the News / Sarah M. Pike ; Media Coverage of Scientology in the United States / Carole M. Cusack. -- Section Four: Issues and Beats. Religion and Politics in Print / Mark Silk ; Media Portrayals of the Moral Majority / John P. Bartkowski and Ashraf Alam ; Evolution, Creationism and Objectivity in the Press / Lauri Lebo ; Alternative Medicine in the Press / Steven Barrie-Anthony ; News Coverage of Religion, Sexuality and AIDS / Diane Winston ; Race and Racism in News Coverage of Religion / Marcia Alesan Dawkins ; Football and Christianity in the News / Annie Blazer ; The Celebrification of Religion in the Age of Infotainment / Kathryn Lofton. -- Section Five: International Coverage. Latin American Religion in the News / Magali do Nascimento Cunha ; American Coverage of Immigration, Islam, and Identity in the UK and the Netherlands / Elizabeth Poole ; American Newspaper Coverage of Islam in the Arab World / Philip Seib ; American News Coverage of Chinese Uighurs / Dalia Hashad ; Religion and Reporting in Africa / Anthea Butler. -- Section Six: The Religious Press. The Independent Catholic Press and Vatican II / Denise P. Ferguson ; The Mainline Protestant Press / Mark Hulsether ; The American Jewish Press / Jonathan D. Sarna ; The Evangelical Press / Ken Waters ; The Muslim Press in the United States / Faiza Hirji ; The African American Religious Press / John M. Giggie