Overview

Introducing the first authoritative guide to cover every aspect of religious broadcasting from its inception in 1921 to the present. Prime Time Religion contains over 430 entries chosen for their historical importance, national or international impact, exemplary nature, and longevity in the field of religious broadcasting. The book covers all religious groups who have turned to radio and television to promote their messages.

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... this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs. -ARBA Recommended for academic libraries supporting religion and communication programs. -CHOICE ... a useful source for information on religious broadcasters and programs. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly ... a well-researched, well-written, and interesting work, recommended for academic and public libraries. -Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion ... future researshers will find this assemblage of organizational profiles, biographies, and bibliographies an invaluable resource. -Booklist/ Reference Books Bulletin Prime-Time Religion is a valuable, carefully researched complement to Erickson's Religious Radio and Television in the United States for libraries that need additional coverage of this topic. -Insights ?Recommended for academic libraries supporting religion and communication programs.?-CHOICE ?...a useful source for information on religious broadcasters and programs.?-Communication Booknotes Quarterly ?...a well-researched, well-written, and interesting work, recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion ?...future researshers will find this assemblage of organizational profiles, biographies, and bibliographies an invaluable resource.?-Booklist/ Reference Books Bulletin ?Prime-Time Religion is a valuable, carefully researched complement to Erickson's Religious Radio and Television in the United States for libraries that need additional coverage of this topic.?-Insights ?...this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs.?-ARBA .,. a useful source for information on religious broadcasters and programs. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly .,. a well-researched, well-written, and interesting work, recommended for academic and public libraries. -Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion .,. future researshers will find this assemblage of organizational profiles, biographies, and bibliographies an invaluable resource. -Booklist/ Reference Books Bulletin .,. this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs. -ARBA

... this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs. -ARBA Recommended for academic libraries supporting religion and communication programs. -CHOICE ... a useful source for information on religious broadcasters and programs. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly ... a well-researched, well-written, and interesting work, recommended for academic and public libraries. -Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion ... future researshers will find this assemblage of organizational profiles, biographies, and bibliographies an invaluable resource. -Booklist/ Reference Books Bulletin Prime-Time Religion is a valuable, carefully researched complement to Erickson's Religious Radio and Television in the United States for libraries that need additional coverage of this topic. -Insights ?Recommended for academic libraries supporting religion and communication programs.?-CHOICE ?...a useful source for information on religious broadcasters and programs.?-Communication Booknotes Quarterly ?...a well-researched, well-written, and interesting work, recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion ?...future researshers will find this assemblage of organizational profiles, biographies, and bibliographies an invaluable resource.?-Booklist/ Reference Books Bulletin ?Prime-Time Religion is a valuable, carefully researched complement to Erickson's Religious Radio and Television in the United States for libraries that need additional coverage of this topic.?-Insights ?...this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs.?-ARBA .,. a useful source for information on religious broadcasters and programs. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly .,. this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs. -ARBA .,. a well-researched, well-written, and interesting work, recommended for academic and public libraries. -Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion .,. future researshers will find this assemblage of organizational profiles, biographies, and bibliographies an invaluable resource. -Booklist/ Reference Books Bulletin

.,. this compendium, the first encyclopedia treatment of the epic, is one that serious scholars as well as curious readers will appreciate.... Prime-Time Religion helps to track the continuing cultural and political effects that faith-based belief systems have on the American social fabric....In addition to its research potential, this guide-book, together with local television or radio listings, will help earnest faith-seekers find desired programs. -ARBA

Author Information

J. Gordon Melton is director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara, CA, and the author of more than 40 books on American and world religion. Phillip Charles Lucas, PhD, teaches American religion at Stetson University in Deland, FL. His monograph, The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy was published in 1995. Jon R. Stone, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and university lecturer in the English Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. His published works include A Guide to the End of the World: Popular Eschatology in America; Latin for the Illiterati; and On the Boundaries of American Evangelicalism: The Postwar Evangelical Coalition.

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