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Komm und sieh: Religion im Film. Analysen und Modelle

Inge Kirsner

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2020), vi, 164 pp.

"Der erste große Teil dieses Bandes beschreibt - angefangen bei den "Zehn Geboten" und ihrer Aktualisierung in "The Beach" über das "Opfer" Harry Potters, Blade Runners & Katniss´ in "Tribute von Panem" bis hin zu natürlichen und künstlichen Intelligenzen ("Planet der Affen" und "Ex Machina") - ... more

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Media and Social Representations of Otherness: Psycho-Social-Cultural Implications

Terri Mannarini, Giuseppe A. Veltri, Sergio Salvatore (eds.)

Cham: Springer (2020), xiv, 148 pp.

"This book presents the main findings of an empirical exploration of media discourses on social representations of "otherness" in seven European countries. It focuses on the analysis of press discourses produced over a fifteen-year period (2000-2015) on three contemporary figures of otherness that c ... more

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Trust in Institutions

Church, Communication and Culture, volume 5, issue 3 (2020), pp. 293-510

"Speaking of trust in the Catholic Church necessarily leads to talking about the management of the crisis of clerical sexual abuse by its leaders. The focus is on managing responsibility and information, with case studies by Paulina Guzik and Patrick O'Brien. The first deals with the case of Poland, ... emphasizing the need for accountability and suggesting five actions to regain trust. O'Brien offers a map of the management of abuses in the 197 dioceses of the United States, and points to transparency in communication and government as a key to regaining trust. As you will read in these pages, neither the communicator nor the communication serves to mask a negative reality. The institution must justify its existence only if it is a good for society, even if it makes mistakes. This question is approached from a theological point of view: Is it still possible to trust the Church? To answer this question, Marco Vanzini highlights the tensions that characterize and define the identity of the Church: such as her divine origin and her human composition, or the inner coexistence of holiness and sin, among others. On the other hand, Gabriel Magalhães, taking a cue from passages of sacred and universal literature, invites reflection on the contrast between human and divine justice, highlighting the excessive and almost ‘scandalous’ nature of divine mercy. Faced with the reality of a certain human solidarity in evil, he explores the need for collective guilt and forgiveness as a common horizon that allows trust to be recovered at the social level. It is precisely ‘the Church communicator’ on whom the article by Professors Gil and Gili puts the focus. His role as spokesman for an institution and bearer of a message gives him great responsibility. The credibility that he demands and needs, the authors maintain, depends to a great extent on his human and professional virtues. Creative fidelity, reliable transmission of an ideal and embodiment of the values he communicates are expected from him. Internal communication in organizations, with the transformation of the channels through which trust travels – more horizontal and collaborative than vertical and hierarchical (Botsman Citation2017) – represents a challenge for those who govern the organization. Receiving trust from the leadership in turn generates confidence in the workers. To put these ‘spirals of trust’ into action, Gara and La Porte analyze one of the most important moments in the relationship between an employee and an organization: recruitment. Trust, they say, must be considered one of the great strategic tools of the Human Resources department. In the legal field, Moreno and Díaz show with a case study the ‘legal defense of corporate reputation’, where law and communication work in a complementary way. In recent years, especially with the digital revolution, new fields of interaction have opened up with their own followers, as well as new spaces for vulnerability (e.g. privacy, personal data, copyright…). In this context of the Internet, the authors present the crisis of reputation of an NGO linked to the Church and show how law and communication are two strategic tools of the organizations destined to collaborate. Looking at trust management in the public sector is a necessary source of inspiration for an institution like the Church. María José Canel conducts the academic interview with Steven Van de Walle on trust in public administration. He deals with a wide range of topics: from the ways of measuring trust and its typologies, to the influence of emotions on the inspiration of trust. The interview offers some comparative considerations between some other institutions, such as NGOs, and the Church. It also includes a final reflection on the new scenario created by COVID-19, which is testing citizens’ trust in the state and the health system. In the public sphere, the management of vulnerability takes on a particular nuance in the case of high reliability organizations, entities that by their nature must avoid errors at all costs (Lekka Citation2011). Sanders takes the criteria of the HROs as her model to measure the trust that the British government has earned (or lost) with its public communication during the pandemic generated by the COVID-19, a situation that has tested the strength of social relations – especially trust toward public services – and that will merit another special issue of this journal." (Editorial: Contents of the special issue, pages 295-296) more

Vom Rhein zum Sambesi: Herausgerufen auf den Weg mit Jesus

Oskar Wermter

Nürnberg: Jesuitenmission Deutschland (2020), 147 pp.

"Zusammen mit katholischen Journalisten gründeten wir eine Katholische Vereinigung von Medienfachleuten, und ich war Mitglied des freien Medienrates von Simbabwe, einer selbstständigen Organisation, unabhängig vom Staat, die Anleitungen gab, wie die Medien selber ethische Prinzipien durchsetzen k ... more

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Interreligious dialogue groups and the mass media

Gritt Klinkhammer

Religion, volume 50, issue 3 (2020), pp. 336-352

"Interreligious dialogues have received attention since they were introduced as a security policy and social pacification measure after the attack on 9/11. This essay examines the development of interreligious dialogue in Germany as well as the influence of media discourses on interreligious dialogu ... more

Religion and Violence: The Potential for Conflict and Peace

Klaus Krämer, Klaus Vellguth (eds.)

Quezon City: Claretian Publications;Missio (2020), xvii, 258 pp.

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La coexistence des médias et du confessionnalisme au Liban: Analyse du pouvoir politique et religieux sur les médias libanais

Rita I. Sayah

Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 178 pp.

"Cette oeuvre révèle le pouvoir géant des identités politiques et religieuses libanaises sur les expressions artistiques et médiatiques, tout en racontant l’histoire de ce pays et en analysant divers événements politiques, religieux, artistiques et/ou médiatiques qui ont eu lieu entre 1989 ... more

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Amazonía: Nuevos caminos para la Iglesia y para una ecología integral

Vinculum (Conferencia de Religiosos de Colombia), issue 277 (2019), 77 pp.

Amazônia: Novos caminhos para a igreja e para uma ecologia integral. Sínodo dos bispos: Asembleia especial para a regiao pan-amazónica. Documento de trabalho
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Rede Eclesial Pan-Amazônica (REPAM) (2019), 57 pp.

"Seguindo a proposta da Rede Eclesial Pan-Amazônica (REPAM), o documento se estrutura com base nas três conversões às quais o Papa Francisco nos convida: a conversão pastoral, à qual nos chama por meio da Exortação Apostólica Evangelii gaudium (ver-ouvir); a conversão ecológica, por meio ... more

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La encíclica de los gestos del Papa Francisco

Mimmo Muolo

Madrid: Paulinas (2019), 174 pp.

"Más que sus cartas y exhortaciones lo que más atrae del Papa son sus gestos cotidianos, que fascinan a creyentes y no creyentes, y que deben de ponerse, sin lugar a dudas, junto a los grandes documentos de su pontificado. Por lo tanto, esta sería su gran encíclica, la de los gestos, que van hac ... more

Pascom Brasil: Manual de identidade visual

Pastoral da Comunicação (Pascom Brasil) (2019), 21 pp.

"Este manual tem como objetivo apresentar informações e orientações para a adequada aplicação da marca da Pascom Brasil (Pastoral da Comunicação). Princípios e normas de uso dos elementos gráficos pertencentes à identidade visual auxiliarão na aplicação em peças de comunicação, visa ... more

Amazonien: Neue Wege für die Kirche und für eine ganzheitliche Ökologie. Instrumentum Laboris

Markus Büker, Martina Fornet Ponse

Vatican City: Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica (2019), 112 pp.

Nuevos caminos para la Iglesia en la Amazonia y para una Ecología Integral

Julio Caldeira

Medellín, volume 45, issue 175 (2019), pp. 597-614

"El camino de la Iglesia Católica en la Panamazonia lleva más de cuatro siglos. En una realidad territorial llena de desafíos y signos de esperanza, hay que reconocer las luces y sombras del proceso evangelizador, bien como los cambios que realizó en las últimas décadas para responder al grito ... more

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Catholic Church and the Public Sphere: Dialogue, Respect and Freedom of Expression

Jordi Pujol, Cristian Mendoza (eds.)

Roma: Edizioni Santa Croce (2019), 156 pp.

"This volume brings together the lectures and presentations of the main speakers at the eleventh edition of the Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices: Dialogue, Respect and Freedom of Expression in the Public Sphere, organized by the School of Church Communications of the Pontifical ... more

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An Analysis of the Impact of Madha Television: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

A. Christopher Joseph Cruz

Chennai: Madha Trust (2019), xiii, 120 pp.

"After the completion of five successful years of media ministry and while proceeding into the sixth year, it was decided by the Tamil Nadu Bishops' Conference (TNBC) and the core team of Madha TV to make a study on the impact created by Madha TV and the expectation of its viewers so that we can pro ... more

Policy Update: Pakistan's Blasphemy Law

Harrison Akins

Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2019), 3 pp.