Christianity and Media Science: Conflict Analysis Essay

This essay delves into the conflict of interests between Christianity and Media Science, focusing on the perspective of a student at Regent University. The author begins by introducing Tertullian and his views on the relationship between Christian faith and reason, and then relates these ideas to the author's chosen field of Media Science. The essay explores the potential conflicts between Christian principles, rules, and regulations and the practices within the media industry, such as journalism. The author highlights how the pursuit of truth in journalism might clash with the rigid adherence to religious doctrines. The essay examines the challenges that a Christian student might face when entering the media profession and the potential for conflicting values and expectations. The essay uses references such as Bingham, Hoffmann, Lane, and Walker to support the arguments and provide a well-rounded analysis of the subject.

Running head: INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY
Introduction to Christianity
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Tertullian was known as one of the earliest Christian authors from the region of
Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He is known to be the Father of Latin Christianity
and produced an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. Tertullian was convinced that
the Christian faith, reason and the philosophies were the opposites of each other. In fact
Tertullian was of the opinion that the Gospel and Jesus Christ is the correct one. There is no
need to look for further reasoning in other sources.
When I analyse the thoughts of Tertullian in my own life, I find that the thoughts of
Tertullian have relevance in the field that I am studying in. My chosen profession is Media
Science and I of course see a conflict between my chosen profession and that of Christianity.
The reason for this is the fact that Christianity is a very old religion. It has some rigid
principles and values, made in the old days which would have seemed appropriate back then,
as the people were not as advanced as they are now (Walker,2014). These old principles
incudes the strict rules and regulations which were to be followed by the followers of the
religion. Although there were protestant and puritan beliefs, still they were based on the
religious beliefs. However, when I find these principles and values in my own chosen
profession.
This is because the media profession encompasses a lot of things which would not
seem appropriate to the followers of Christianity. This might lead to a conflict of interests
between the chosen professions and the religion which one follows. The main areas of
conflict between the two would be the principles, rules and regulation and the aims of the
media. It is worth noting that almost every religion has its own mandatory rules and
regulations, which its followers should follow (Walker,2014). On the other hand, media has
field like journalism which aims to find out the truth behind everything and inform the
readers and the audiences. Thus, a student after becoming a journalist, find try to find the
reason behind certain rules and regulations of the religion, which might not be liked by the

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practitioners of the religion (Hoffman, 2016). This might lead to the conflict between the
religion and the profession. It is because of these reasons that I feel a Christian studying at the
Regent, would find a conflict between the professions of media science and Christianity,
when he/she might join the industry.

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Reference List
Bingham, D. J. (2014). Pocket History of the church. InterVarsity Press..
Hoffmann, R. J. (2016). Marcion: on the restitution of Christianity: an essay on the development of
radical Paulinist theology in the second century. Wipf and Stock Publishers.
Lane, T., & Lane, A. N. S. (2006). Concise History of Christian Thought, A. Baker Academic.
Walker, W. (2014). History of the Christian church. Simon and Schuster.