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14 The Allens were interviewed by Scott Webber.
15 Diane F. Alters, “In the Heart of the Culture: The Hartmans and the Roelofs,”
Chapter Seven in Hoover et al. (2004),.
16 Ibid, p. 116.
17 Ibid, p. 128.
18 Ibid, p. 117.

7 Cultural objects and religious identity among metaphysical
believers, dogmatists, and secularists
1 The Stevens-Van Gelder family was interviewed by Lee Hood.
2 For a complete discussion of the Stevens-Van Gelder family’s consumption of
local news, see Hood (2001).
3 The Tabor-Collins family was interviewed by Anna Maria Russo.
4 This reveals a lacuna in Roof’s taxonomy, and our understanding of the nature
of “seeker” religiosity. It is commonplace to think of US-born former
Christians, who convert to Buddhism or other non-Western religions, as having
clearly demonstrated a “seeker” practice, when we would not necessarily say
the same thing about Protestants converting to Catholicism, Christians to
Judaism, or vice versa.
5 The Price-Benoit family was interviewed by Lee Hood. They are discussed with
reference to their media and parenting practices in Lee Hood, “Fitting in with the
Media: The Price-Benoits and the Franzes,” Chapter 8 of Hoover et al. (2004).
6 Hoover et al. (2004), p. 144.
7 The Castellos were interviewed by Monica Emerich.
8 Kim Anderson was interviewed by Denice Walker.
9 The Muellers were interviewed by Joseph G. Champ.
10 I should stipulate here that it is not their Mormonism, per se, that qualifies the
Muellers as “dogmatists,” but rather their approach to their faith. We also
have among our interview families Mormons who fit in the “mainstream
believer” category, for instance.
11 The Murphy-Gordon family was interviewed by Lee Hood.
12 It is interesting, though, that one of the three films in question was Animal
House, hardly a paragon of avant-garde film-making.
13 The Abrahams were interviewed by Lynn Schofield Clark.
14 . . . with the exception of a number who used alternative media such as books
and videocassettes produced for children by religious organizations.

8 Representing outcomes
1 Conservative critics such as Medved (1992), but even voices that present more
nuanced readings, such as Warren (1997), still assume that the momentum, as
we have said, is with the media.
2 For a suggestive and persuasive example of the idea of there being religious or
religious-like functions of media in audience experience, see Gregor Goethals
(2000). Goethals has been a consistent and influential voice in support of a
Durkheimian reading of religion in media, focusing therefore on outcomes and
functions, though focusing on a mass audience, rather than an individual recep-
tion level.
3 Roxanne Connor was interviewed by Denice Walker
4 Chris Chandler was interviewed by Anna Maria Russo.
5 Rayna Hancock was interviewed by Joe Champ.