The Church on British television : from the coronation to "Coronation Street"

The Church on British television : from the coronation to "Coronation Street" / Marcus Harmes, Meredith Harmes, Barbara Harmes.

This book will be the first systematic and comprehensive text to analyze the many and contrasting appearances of the Church of England on television. It covers a range of genres and programs including crime drama, science fiction, comedy, including the specific genre of 'ecclesiastical comedy,...

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Main Authors: Harmes, Marcus K. (Author), Harmes, Meredith (Author), Harmes, Barbara (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Subjects:
Television programs > Great Britain.
Television programs > Religious aspects.
Church and mass media.
Church and mass media
Television programs
Television programs > Religious aspects
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Being on television part one: broadcasting the institution
  • Being on television part one: broadcasting the individual
  • Policy and possibilities part one: the commerical channel
  • Policy and possiblities part two: the third channel and beyond
  • Part II. Comedy and blasphemy
  • 'Cricket, steam engines and a complete ignorance of theolofy': the comedy of bishops' appointments
  • The world in peril: the church and science fiction
  • The church and its communities: upper, middle and lower class
  • The church and its moral communities: conflict and crime
  • The church and its communities: the church domestic
  • Conclusions: church, state and life.

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