Religion in the News: Faith and Journalism in American Public DiscourseStewart M Hoover offers a cultural historical analysis of the rise of religious stories in the media the Islamic Revolution in Iran, televangelism and its scandals, the political agenda of the Evangelical New Right, to name but a few. The authors penetrating analysis brings into sharp focus: the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse; the place of religion in