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Cybertheology: Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet

Antonio Spadaro

New York: Fordham University Press (2014), xiii, 137 pp.

"In this book, Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, Director of the Italian Journal La Civiltà Cattolica, attempts to address a new phenomenon – Cybertheology. If theology is talking about God, Cybertheology is the way in which God is talked about on the Internet. Spadaro’s background is in literary critic ... more

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Kompendium Christliche Publizistik

Johanna Haberer, Friedrich Kraft (eds.)

Erlangen: Christliche Publizistik Verlag (CPV) (2014), 324 pp.

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Salam from Pesantren: Santri’s Experience in Managing Media for Peace

Nor Ismah

Jakarta: Search for Common Ground (2014), 62 pp.

"The following stories come from ten pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia that participated in Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia’s project to promote peace and tolerance in pesantren across Indonesia [...] Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia implemented this two-year pro ... more

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Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region

James Bell, Neha Sahgal

Pew Research Center (2014), 309 pp.

"Overall, 84% of Latin American adults report that they were raised Catholic, 15 percentage points more than currently identify as Catholic. The pattern is reversed among Protestants and people who do not identify with any religion: While the Catholic Church has lost adherents through religious swit ... more

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Éthique de la non-violence: Études sur Jésus selon les évangiles

Kahwa Njojo

Geneva: Globethics.net (2014), 592 pp.

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Church and Social Communication: Basic Documents, 1936-2014
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Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications, 3d ed. (2014), 639 pp.

"A reference work giving ready access to official Catholic thought on communication. It includes seventeen Vatican documents focusing on media and communication issues, all Pontifical messages for the World Communication Day since its inception in 1967, and communication-related excerpts from ninete ... more

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Social Media Guidelines

Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) (2014), 8 pp.

"These guidelines are offered as a synthesis of best practices. They include material compiled from church entities, for-profit corporations, and non-profit organizations [...] In this document, “church personnel” is defined as anyone—priest, deacon, religious, bishop, lay employee, or volunte ... more

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Análisis de la pastoral de la comunicación en las diócesis colombianas ante el desafío de los nuevos medios digitales

Justo Ariel Beramendi Orellana

Rome: Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis, Pontificium Institutum Pastorale Redemptor Hominis, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 315 pp.

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Heretics: Iran’s Religious Minorities

James Marchant, Liana Aghajanian

Small Media (2014), 148 pp.

"With this report we explore how different religious minorities in Iran use the internet to engage with their communities in Iran and around the world. To build a representative picture, we drew on diverse sources, piecing together historical accounts, content analysis, legal frameworks, and the voi ... more

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Mit Gott im Kino: 25 Filmandachten

Dagmar Petrick

Witten: SCM R. Brockhaus (2014), 222 pp.

"Die Filmwissenschaftlerin Dagmar Petrick präsentiert Andachten zu 25 Kinofilmen wie etwa "Billy Elliot", "Die Truman-Show", "Das Leben der Anderen", "Horton hört ein Hu", "Fahrraddiebe", "Die Verurteilten" oder "Erin Brockovich". Das hervorragende Material eignet sich für die persönliche Andach ... more

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La iglesia, casa de cristal: Propuestas y experiencias de comunicación durante crisis y controversias mediáticas
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Yago de la Cierva

Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos (2014), xxv, 440 pp.

"La Iglesia, casa de cristal reúne propuestas y experiencias de comunicación para situaciones de crisis y de controversias mediáticas, útiles para la comunicación de instituciones eclesiales. Se dirige principalmente a quienes trabajan en los departamentos de comunicación de diócesis, órdene ... more

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Struggle, Vatican II, and Development Communication Practice

Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Keyan G. Tomaselli

In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World

Clifford Christians; Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 241-254

"This chapter examines the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) theology as the implicit background to Robert White's studies on development communication. We will then examine White's influence on the Center for Communication, Media and Society's graduate program in development communication." (Page ... more

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Los medios de comunicación social al servicio de la evangelización: Una aproximación documental

María Leonor Charria, Gemma Morató, Jenny Patricia Obreque, Gloria Eugenia Piedrahita, Emilce Rueda

Tours (FR): Hermanas de la Caridad Domínicas de la Presentación de la Santísima Virgen (2014), 40 pp.

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Mythology and Society Continuum: A Study of an Indian Television Serial

Arbind Sinha

Religion and Social Communication, volume 12, issue 1 (2014), pp. 19-34

"The study is based on the analysis of legends of 'Devon Ke Dev Mahadev', a mythological drama series that is shown on Indian television channel "Life OK" [...] The story revolves around Lord Shiva or Mahadev - the Lord of Lords as one of the three most powerful mythical characters. The serial is a ... more

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Glossar Englisch: Glossar des kirchlichen Sprachgebrauchs. Deutsch-Englisch, Englisch-Deutsch

Maureen Trott, Reinhold Trott

Hamburg: Missionshilfe Verlag;Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW), 5th revised ed. (2013), 208 pp.

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Religion and Public Diplomacy

Philip Seib (ed.)

New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp.

"Mixing religion and public diplomacy can produce volatile results, but in a world in which the dissemination and influence of religious beliefs are enhanced by new communications technologies, religion is a factor in many foreign policy issues and must be addressed. Faith is such a powerful part of ... more

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Atlas de las creencias religiosas en la Argentina

Fortunato Mallimaci (dir.)

Buenos Aires: Biblos (2013), 265 pp.

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Blasphemy in a Secular State: Some Reflections

Belachew Mekuria Fikre

Mizan Law Review, volume 7, issue 1 (2013), pp. 29-48

"Anti-blasphemy laws have endured criticism in light of the modern, secular and democratic state system of our time. For example, Ethiopia’s criminal law provisions on blasphemous utterances, as well as on outrage to religious peace and feeling, have been maintained unaltered since they were enact ... more

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Church and Social Communication: Basic Documents, 1936-2014
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La iglesia, casa de cristal: Propuestas y experiencias de comunicación durante crisis y controversias mediáticas
Key Guidance