Government Surveillance of Religious Expression: Mormons, Quakers, and Muslims in the United States

ISBN-13: 9780367584337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str.

Kathryn Montalbano

Opis

This book presents three case studies to form a new framework for discussions of the historical and contemporary monitoring of religion. It shows that government surveillance is less predictable and monolithic than we might assume.

Spis treści

1 Regulating Religion in the United States  2 The Mormons of the Territory of Utah: Distinguishing Between Belief and Action  3 The Quakers of the AFSC: Unveiling Communism in the Cold War Era  4 The Muslims of Brooklyn, New York: Predicting Terrorism After September 11;  5 Religion, Communication, and the State

O autorze

Kathryn Montalbano is an Assistant Professor of Journalism (Communication Law) at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She earned her B.A. in English with a minor in sociology from Haverford College in 2009, and her Ph.D. in communications from Columbia University in 2016. She specializes in communication history and law, religion and media, and surveillance studies.