Introduction.
Part 1: Ideological Journalism in a New Jerusalem.
1. Early Press Philosophy and Practice.
2. Playing God and Playing for Power.
3. The Great Awakening.
4. Religion and Revolution.
5. Disestablishment and Its Discontents.
Part 2: Personal Journalism for a Protestant America.
6. The Missionary Spirit.
7. The Birth of Modern religion Reporting.
8. Anti-Catholicism in 19th-Century America.
9. The Mormon Question.
10. A Nation Divided.
11. The "Jesus Newspaper.".
12. Revivalism.
13. The Spirit of Reform.
14. Faith, Science and Scripture.
15. Pulling Together.
Part 3: Detached Journalism in a Changing World.
16. Consensus Religion.
17. Winds of Change.
18. The Death of God.
19. All God's Children.
20. The Electronic Church.
21. God and the Ballot Box.
Part 4: Coping with Diversity, Connecting to Readers.
22. Culture Wars and Hot-Button Issues.
23. Church and State.
24. Pluralism takes Hold.
25. Spiritual Journeys.
26. God and Mammon.
27. Insights into Interpretations.
28. Toward a New Millennium.
Acknowledgments.
Debra L. Mason Otterbein College.
