"Founded on the 22nd of October, 1955, in Paris, by pioneers of Protestant film work, INTERFILM is an international network of Church film and media institutions as well as dedicated individuals with the goal of coordinating dialogues between Church and film. Directed by the terms and aims of the Wo
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rld Council of Churches (WCC), it includes members from the Churches of the Reformation and the Orthodox Churches, but also Jewish people and representatives from the Catholic tradition, insofar as these latter are not active in SIGNIS. The fact that INTERFILM exists is due to the steadfast engagement of far-sighted personalities, and it is high time to finally acknowledge their film-cultural activities with a separate publication. I am pleased that this is possible through international involvement and in different languages, even if we must do without a consistent translation of all of the contributions. It is aimed at focusing the attention of the current INTERFILM members and partners on the journey up to now and at reflecting on the present state of dialogue between Church and film." (Foreword, page 8)
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"Each of the eleven chapters in Quoting God pairs an academic and a journalist. First, the scholar holds forth, followed by a "View from the News Desk." Together, they represent many and diverse voices. Badaracco's book shows the relationship between media culture and spiritual culture, recognizing
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how news and religious values influence political life, and how science, modernity, and disbelief come together to suggest social fragmentation or consolidation. Through the media, audiences learn, often with passion, what they believe, what they resist religiously, how to respect other religious ideas, and how to construct their own religious identity in a world of both mediated and actual communities. The book's conceptual and theoretical frame addresses emerging religions as well as traditional faiths. The first four chapters focus on the legal and constitutional frames informing national identity and the ideological climates of newsrooms where journalists "construct the mediated religious public square" (Page 14). The next four chapters discuss cross-cultural reporting in which a reporter navigates between two (or more) cultures in the required roles of being fair and balanced. The next three chapters explore faith and reason, science and religion, and the complexity of religious issues. The volume concludes with Gustav Niebuhr, formerly with the New York Times and now a member of the academy at Syracuse University, summing up the care and commitment of the journalist who covers religion in American life." (https://www.h-net.org/reviews)
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"Esta obra reúne los principales documentos doctrinales y pastorales de la Iglesia sobre las comunicaciones sociales. Es, en parte, heredera de la preparada en 1968 por Jesús Iribarren, 'El derecho a la verdad', también en la Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos (BAC), pero recoge además documentos
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anteriores (el primero, del papa Clemente XIII en 1766) y llega hasta el último escrito por Juan Pablo II en 2005. Esta antología ofrece 276 textos, presentados cronológicamente, en los que la Iglesia expone su postura ante los medios de comunicación social —desde la palabra impresa hasta Internet— y su presencia e influjo en la sociedad." (Cubierta del libro)
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"Cet ouvrage innovateur et unique cristallise l'état actuel de la réflexion sur le témoignage de foi chrétienne dans les médias. Les conférenciers provenant d'universités, de médias et de diverses sphères religieuses et professionnelles, donnent à l'ouvrage une dimension interreligieuse et
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multiculturelle très riche. Être témoin de foi chrétienne, qu'est-ce à dire ? Le livre explicite d'abord le témoignage tel que vécu par les chrétiens de la primitive Église et par les croyants et croyantes d'aujourd'hui. Puis, l'ouvrage tente de discerner la relation proprement dite entre le témoignage de foi chrétienne et les médias : qui sera témoin ? de quoi ? où ? quand ? comment ? à cause de quoi ? en vue de quoi ? et avec quelles conséquences pour les religions ? Somme toute, y a-t-il compatibilité ou incompatibilité entre médias et foi ? Certains intervenants remettent en cause des aspects de cette présence, d'autre l'acceptent conditionnellement, bon nombre y croient fermement, et même jusqu'à prôner le côté révolutionnaire de médias religieux parallèles dans le contexte mercantile actuel. Voilà un matériau de réflexion complètement neuf, qui ouvre des perspectives inédites sur la présence de la foi chrétienne en pleine culture médiatique du XXIe siècle." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Der Schwerpunkt der Missionschronik 2006 ist Papua-Neuguinea. Neben dem Bildteil stellen auch viele Artikel Aspekte der missionarischen Situation vor sowie die Antworten, die die Steyler Ordensfamilie heute dort gibt." (Vorwort)
"In December 2000 the government of Kano State in Muslim northern Nigeria reintroduced shari’a and established a new board for film and video censorship charged with the responsibility to “sanitize” the video industry and enforce the compliance of video films with moral standards of Islam. Sta
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keholders of the industry took up the challenge and responded by inserting religious issues into their narratives, and by adding a new feature genre focusing on conversion to Islam. This genre is characterized by violent Muslim/pagan encounters, usually set in a mythical past, culminating in the conversion of the pagans. This article will first outline northern Nigerian video culture and then go on to explore local debates about the religious legitimacy of film and video and their influence upon recent developments within the video industry. By taking a closer look at video films propagating Islam it will focus on three points: first, videomakers’ negotiation between the opposing notions of religious education and secular escapism; second, inter-textual relations with other (film)cultures; and third, political subtexts to the narratives, which relate such figures as Muslim martyrs and pagan vampires to the current project of cultural and religious revitalization." (Abstract)
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