Following 9/11: religion coverage in the New York Times
A newspaper challenged. Pre-9/11: conventions of religion coverage, institutional memory -- Religion in America -- Interfaith relations -- Trauma around New York City -- Consolers, heroes, survivors -- Place and time: sacred and secular -- Religious functions of media coverage -- Islam observed. Islam in the eyes of The Times -- US Muslims -- The Islamic threat -- Who is truly Muslim? -- Fanaticism and Islam worldwide -- Western Europe's Muslims -- Sharia and gender -- The arts in portraying a religion -- Religious worlds at war. Afghanistan and the Taliban -- The Jewish angle -- Israel -- War in Iraq -- Meanings of 9/11. Justifications and significations -- Relativism, patriotism, and their perils -- "Clash of civilizations" -- The Times beyond the times -- The Times of Thomas L. Friedman -- The Battle of Lepanto redux -- Epilogue
