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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vecsey, Christopher
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
New York times.
Religion and the press > United States > History > 21st century.
Journalism, Religious > United States > History > 21st century.
Journalism > Objectivity > United States.
Islamic fundamentalism > Press coverage > United States.
Muslims > Press coverage > United States.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Religious aspects.
Physical Description:xiv, 477 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Following September eleven.
Format: Book
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.