Prime-Time Religion: An Encyclopedia Of Religious Broadcasting [Hardcover]

Introducing the first authoritative guide to cover every aspect of religious broadcasting from its inception in 1921 to the present.Prime Time Religioncontains 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.

J. Gordon Meltonis 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 Orthodoxywas 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 includeA Guide to the End of the World: Popular Eschatology in America;Latin for the Illiterati; andOn the Boundaries of American Evangelicalism: The Postwar Evangelical Coalition.

Preface
Introduction by J. Gordon Melton
Entries
Appendix A: National Religious Broadcasters, Founders
Appendix B: National Religious Broadcasters, Presiding Chairmen
Appendix C: National Religious Broadcasters, Broadcasting Hall of Fame
Appendix D: Blease Amendment to the Dill Radio Control Bill of 1926
Appendix E: Sustaining Time
Appendix F: Christian Colleges and Universities with Broadcasting Programs
Appendix G: Selected Historic Highlights of Religious Broadcasting
Appendix H: Selected Bibliography
Index