1 Introduction / Chris Arthur, 1
2 Media Mythologies / Gregor Goethals, 25
3 Teaching theology in a new cultural environment / Peter Horsfield, 41
4 The religious relevance of television / William F. Fore, 55
5 The media and theology: some reflections / Duncan B. Forrester, 67
6 Religious communication in the context of soap values / Eric Shegog, 79
7 Religion, education and the communication values / Jim McDonnell, 89
8 Popular religion on TV / Neil Simpson, 101
9 Everybody needs good neighbours: soap opera as community meaning / Derek C. Weber, 113
10 Religious values and root paradigms: a method of cultural analysis / William E. Biernatzki, 125
11 The theology of the Nine O'Clock News / Colin Morris, 137
12 Ill news comes often on the back of worse / John Eldridge, 147
13 An Islamic perspective on the news / S.A. Schleifer, 163
14 Learning from failure: towards a rationale for religious communication / Chris Arthur, 177
15 Television commercials: mirror and symbol of societal values / Peg Slinger, 199
16 Theological reflections: social effects of television / Jeanne Cover, 209
17 "Thou shalt have no other jeans before me" / Dorothee Sölle, 223
18 Hyms and arias / D.P. Davies, 235
19 Religious broadcasting on independent television / Rachel Viney, 247
20 Privatism, authority and autonomy in American newspaper coverage of religion: the readers speak / Stewart M. Hoover, 261
Addendum: A Profile of the World Association for Christian Communication, 275