Prescribing Faith: Medicine, Media, and Religion in American Culture Claire Hoertz Badaracco. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007.
In a New Light: Spirituality and the Media Arts Ron Austin. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007.
The popular press frequently deals with faith, spirituality, or a mind-body connection in looking at issues of health and wellness and health and disease. Claire Hoertz Badaracco's Prescribing Faith: Medicine, Media, and Religion in American Culture looks at "the mediated public debate about science and religion." She seeks to "understand better the public conversation about medicine and religion, within its historical …