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| Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 |
Whether it's the rise of religiously inspired terrorism, the importance of faith-based NGOs in global relief efforts or the campaign to woo evangelical voters in the U.S., developments worldwide underscore religion's role in public life. Americans who assumed society was becoming more and more secular have been surprised by religions' rising visibility. Our mainstream media, unprepared for this resurgence, tends to ignore, underplay or trivialize religion's importance in social, cultural and political news. This course is a corrective to that trend. Its objective is to ensure that reporters specializing in politics or any other beat are intellectually grounded in religious beliefs and behaviors, faith-based institutions and the legal and political debates surrounding them, as well as current discussions on the intersection of values and ethics in science, medicine, gender and sexuality. Equally important, it seeks to prepare reporters who will not be specialists to feel comfortable covering religion when it intersects with politics, science, welfare and housing, education and entertainment.
The course's specific focus is on the confluence of religion, politics and gender. Our exploration will interweave the three through readings and lectures, reporting and writing both in Los Angeles and in Israel during the Spring of 2010.
Blogs from J585 students posting from Israel can be found in the "Higher Ground" forum at Neon Tommy, an online publication of the School of Journalism at USC Annenberg:
Additional articles published over the course of the semester:
"A War Over Water Dries Up Good Will Between Jews, Arabs" by Sarah Grooters
"Wildlife Preservationists Fight Expansion, Seek to Bring Back Animals of the Bible" by Kevin Patra
"A Tenuous Coexistence in Jaffa" by Meghan McCarty
"Israel's First Woman Rabbi Reflects on Progress" by Len Ly
"Entitlement Runs Deep in East Jerusalem" by Evan Pondel
"Why Israeli Gays Opt for U.S. Surrogate Births" by Evan Pondel
"Women of the Wall Challenge Israeli Laws" by Meghan McCarty
"Biden Was Here. Now What?" by Tom Pfingsten
"Religious Leaders Seek Interfaith Dialogue On Gay Rights," by Jason Ma
"Christian Right Concedes Homosexuals Will 'End Up Getting What They Want'," by Kevin Patra
"Prop 8 Trial Finds Its Way to YouTube," by John Adams
"Anti-Gay Marriage Legal 'Ministry' Wants to Represent CA County in Prop 8 Trial," Tom Pfingsten
"Oscar-Nominated Ajami Depicts Reality of Second-Class Citizenship for Arab Israelis," Meghan McCarty
"Chef's Fusion Cuisine Stirs Confusion among Jews," Evan Pondel
"Self-Defense or Just Another Exercise Fad?" by Evan Pondel |
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| Wednesday October 1st, 2008 |
Whether the rise of religiously inspired terrorism, the importance of faith based NGOs in global relief and development, or campaigning for evangelical voters in the U.S., developments worldwide underscore religion's role in public life. Americans who assumed society was becoming more and more secular have been surprised by religions' rising visibility. Our mainstream media, unprepared for this resurgence, tends to ignore, underplay or trivialize religion's importance in social, cultural and political news. This course is a corrective. Its objective is to ensure that reporters specializing in religion are intellectually grounded in religious beliefs and behaviors, faith-based institutions and the legal and political debates surrounding them, as well as current discussions on the intersection of values and ethics in science, medicine, gender and sexuality. Equally important, it seeks to prepare reporters who will not be specialists to feel comfortable covering religion when it intersects with politics, science, welfare and housing, education and entertainment.
Watch this space for student reporting from New Orleans, LA!
Student Work:
"God Loves Beauty" by B. Adriana Venegas-Chavez
"Art Therapy Post Katrina" by B. Adriana Venegas-Chavez
"Southern California Muslims Battle Islamophobia in a Post 9/11 World" by Brooke-Sidney Gavins
"Film Chronicles Liberian Women's Faith-Based Peace Movement" by Jennifer Hahn
"Film Chronicles Liberian Women's Faith-Based Peace Movement" by Jennifer Hahn
"Election 08: How Race Sways the Vote in New Orleans" by Brooke-Sidney Gavins
"Arab American Community Shifting to Democrats, Not Targeted by Either Campaign" by Jonathan Partridge
"Slurs Against Muslims a Cover for Racism Against Blacks" by Brooke-Sidney Gavins
"Secular Voters Feel Abandoned, Ignored by Candidates" by Jennifer Hahn
"Young US Muslims Shift to Democrats This Election" by Kyla Cullinane
"McCain's African-American Vote: L.A. Conservative Joe Hicks Is a Race-Weary Republican" by Tara Graham
"Spiritual, But Not Religulous" by Jennifer Hahn
"How Can Obama Win Over Evangelicals?" by Brooke-Sidney Gavins
Syllabus available here.
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| Wednesday November 28th, 2007 |
This course looks at the intersection of American religion and foreign policy, exploring how missionaries and other people of faith have served as agents of "soft power." It also examines how these agents of "soft power" have sometimes worked at cross purposes with elected officials attempting to shape foreign relations through the use of military and/or economic "hard power."
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| Attachment: | http://uscmediareligion.org/images/upload/REL499Flyer.pdf
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