Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Pope Francis, Atheists and Tweeting, oh my!

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Join the Mizzou Religion Newswriters Association for an evening of Religion News Service guest lectures on current journalism topics including the popularity of Pope Francis, how social media is utilized to cover religion and how the media covers non-faith. There will be a reception with free pizza as well. If you are unable to attend in person, use http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mizzourna-symposium-2014 to watch the event live streamed.

Date/Time: 4:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 2

Location: Tucker Forum

Cost: Free

For more information: Check out the event’s Facebook page for a more detailed schedule and contact information for the Mizzou Religion Newswriters Association.

Communication: Codes of ethics

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Communication: Professional associations and faith groups

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Communication: Recent research

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  • Meyer, Birgit. “Religious Revelation, Secrecy and the Limits of Visual Representation.” Anthropological Theory. 6, no. 4 (2006): 431-53.
  • Dumanig, Francisco Perlas, Maya Khemlani David and Ceasar Dewalis. “Conversion narratives and construction of identity among Christians in Malaysia.” Multilingua. 30, no. 3/4 (2011): 319-31.
  • Eisenlohr, Patrick. “Media authenticity and authority in Mauritius: On the mediality of language in religion.” Language & Communication. Vol. 31, No. 3 (July 2011): 266-73.

Communication: Articles

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Communication: Books

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  • Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media. Daniel Stout (ed.). Routledge, 2006.
  • Religion and Communication: A Selected, Annotated Basic Bibliography. Eugene D. Tate and Kathleen McConnell. Speech Communication Association, 1988
  • Symbols for communication: an introduction to the anthropological study of religion. J van Baal. Van Gorcum, 1971.
  • Rethinking media, religion, and culture. Stewart M. Hoover and Knut Lundby. Sage, 1997.
  • The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Wolfgang Donsbach (ed.). Chapter on “Religion and Popular Communication” by Jon Radwan. Columbia University Press, 2000.
  • Religion and media. Hent de Vries and Samuel Weber. Stanford University Press, 2001.
  • Religion, morality and communication between peoples. George F. McLean, Heinz Holley, John A. Kromkowski and Robert R. Magliola. CRVP, 2004.
  • Foundations of Religious Tolerance. Jay Newman. University of Toronto Press, 1982.
  • Media, religion and democratic participation: community communication in Zimbabwe and Norway. Knut Lundby. Sage Publications, Inc. 1997.
  • Believers and Beliefs: A Practical Guide to Religious Etiquette for Business and Social Occasions by Gayle Colquitt White (Berkeley Trade, 1997).
  • How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida (editors) (Woodstock, Vermont: Skylight Paths Publishing, 2003).
  • Blind Spot: When Journalists Don’t Get Religion by Paul Marshall, Lela Gilbert, and Roberta Green-Ahmanson (United States: Oxford University Press, 2008).
  • Religion in the News: Faith and Journalism in American Public Discourse by Steward M Hoover (Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, 1998).
  • Marketing in a Multicultural World: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Cultural Identity. Janeen Arnold Costa. Sage Publications, Inc., 1995.
  • Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media by John Dart and Jimmy Allen (Nashville, Tennessee, First Amendment Center, 2000).
  • A Guide to Religion Reporting in the Secular Media: Frequently Asked Questions by Debra L Mason and Cecile S. Holmes (editors) (Westerville, Ohio: Religion Newswriters Foundation, 2002).
  • Dieties and Deadlines: A Primer on News Coverage by John Dart (Nashville, Tennessee: First Amendment Center, 1998).
  • Islam: Reporting in Context and With Complexity. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Vol. 61 No. 2. Summer 2007.