 | Small screen, big picture: television and lived religion A pioneering study at the intersection of religion and media, Small Screen, Big Picture treats television as a virtual meeting place where Americans across racial, ethnic, economic and religious lines find instructive and inspirational narratives. An interdisciplinary tour de force , this book describes how television converts social concerns, cultural conundrums and metaphysical questions into stories that explore and even shape who we are and would like to be--the building blocks of religious speculation. Diane Winston (Ph.D.) holds the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. She is the author of the Faith in the Market and Red-Hot and Righteous. |
