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"Seit August 2015 ist der Fernsehsender Spas des Moskauer Patriarchats in fast allen Haushalten Russlands zu empfangen. Seine bewegte Vorgeschichte, Gerüchte über Verbindungen zu US-amerikanischen konservativen Kreisen sowie ein neues Nachrichtenprogramm legen enge Verbindungen mit dem "orthodoxen ... more

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Médias et formation à la vie consacrée

Jean-Baptiste Malenge Kalunzu

Saint-Denis: Edilivre (2015), 77 pp.

"Pour concilier les exigences de la vie consacrée et l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies de la communication, il devient indispensable de se former et de former les autres à la culture médiatique. Ce livre ouvre des pistes pour comprendre les médias comme des chances et des défis pour la v ... more

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From Jesus to the Internet: A History of Christianity and Media

Peter Horsfield

New York: Wiley (2015), 336 pp.

"From Jesus to the Internet is the first systematic survey of the historical relationship between Christianity and media. Although many see the relationship between religion and media as a distinctly modern phenomenon, in this book the scholar Peter Horsfield examines Christianity through its histor ... more

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Social Communication Formation in Seminaries and Schools of Theology: An Investigation

Virgilio F. Ciudadano

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications (2015), 168 pp.

"This ‘Investigation’ on Pastoral Communication programs of seven Seminaries or Theological Schools in Metro Manila reflects the situation and challenges for priestly formation in this field. The results are consolidated with some 230 questionnaires from participating seminarians and interviews ... more

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Mindful Journalism and News Ethics in the Digital Era: A Buddhist Approach

Shelton A. Gunaratne, Mark Pearson, Sugath Senarath (eds.)

New York et al.: Routledge (2015), viii, 239 pp.

"This book aims to be the first comprehensive exposition of "mindful journalism"-drawn from core Buddhist ethical principles-as a fresh approach to journalism ethics. It suggests that Buddhist mindfulness strategies can be applied purposively in journalism to add clarity, fairness and equity to news ... more

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La Bible africaine

Kinshasa: Paulines (2015), 2240 pp.

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El periodismo en los años del Che

Juan Carlos Salazar del Barrio

Ciencia y Cultura (La Paz), volume 19, issue 34 (2015), pp. 83-111

"Este artículo examina la precariedad y dificultades inherentes a las actividades periodísticas en la década del sesenta en Bolivia. Para ello revisa dos hechos comunicacionales fundamentales: la formación y desarrollo de la primera y más antigua agencia nacional de noticias: la Agencia Noticio ... more

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The Developmental and Political Role of Africa’s Pentecostal Churches

Paul Gifford

KAS International Reports, issue 10 (2015), pp. 81-94

"Primarily and immediately these churches are not aimed at development or politics; they are not NGOs or elements of civil society promoting the rights of a particular group, so it would be a mistake to judge them exclusively on criteria appropriate to such bodies. They are religious bodies, with re ... more

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Cyber/digital Theology: Rethinking About Our Relationship with God and Neighbor in the Digital Environment

Anthony Le Duc

Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 2 (2015), pp. 132-158

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Stories from Latin America: Changing Religious Landscapes and Political Communication

Dennis A. Smith

Council for World Mission Communications Consultation, Singapore 19-20 Jan 2015, Manuscript (2015), 12 pp.

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A Moving Faith: Mega Churches Go South

Jonathan D. James (ed.)

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2015), xvi, 243 pp.

"A Moving Faith captures the dynamic shift of Christianity to the South and portrays a global movement that promises prosperity, healing, empowerment, and gender equality by invoking neo-Pentecostal and Charismatic resources. It postulates that neither North America nor Europe is the current center ... more

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Prosperity and the Work of Luck in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, South Africa

Ilana van Wyk

Critical African Studies, volume 7, issue 3 (2015), pp. 262-279

"In 1905, Weber contended that uncertainty about their eternal fate forced Protestants to find secular signs of their destiny in their vocations, their frugality and in their ability to work hard and accumulate capital. More than a century later, the ‘Protestant ethic’ has changed irrevocably. T ... more

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Boko Haram: Der Vormarsch des Terror-Kalifats

Mike Smith

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2015), 287 pp.

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Why Does the Archbishop Not Tweet? How Social Media Challenge Church Authorities

Stefan Gelfgren

Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 109-123

"In summer 2012, the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden appeared on Twitter. There was only one problem – it was not the Archbishop himself who was tweeting, but an anonymous person. A discussion then ensued on Twitter and in the blogosphere between those in favor of the Archbishop and his departm ... more

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Die Grenzen der Beteiligung: Durch einflussreichen Dialog zu mehr Akzeptanz der katholischen Kirche

Felix Krebber, Markus Wiesenberg

Communicatio Socialis, volume 48, issue 3 (2015), pp. 289-315

"Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert, inwiefern die römisch-katholische Kirche auf Bundes- wie auf Bistumsebene auf die gesellschaftlich erwartete Beteiligung bzw. Partizipation eingeht. Basierend auf dem organisationalen Neo-Institutionalismus sowie diskurstheoretischen Arbeiten wird die katholisch ... more

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Oral Tradition of Jainism Discourse in the Wake of Digital and Social Media: A Communication Study of Jain Mendicants and Lay People

Komal Shah

Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 2 (2015), pp. 159-173

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Changing Cultures and Religious Practices in Asia

Binod C. Agrawal (ed.)

Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House (2015), 162 pp.

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Social Media Use in Religious Communication: The Christian Migrants of Kerala, India

Leslin Bastian

Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2015), pp. 65-81

"The paper focuses on the social media use in religious communication by Kerala Christians who largely migrated after India's independence to Ahmedabat, Gujarat, India. Further, the paper attempts to analyze the way digital and social media are accessed and utilized by the migrant Kerala Christians ... more

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Expressing Theology: A Guide to Writing Theology That Readers Want to Read

Jonathan Roach, Gricel Dominguez

Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers (2015), 182 pp.

"Have you ever picked up a volume of theology, read the first page, and decided you would rather scrub the bathroom floor than read another page? Theology does not need to be abstract, dull, boring, tedious, dense, inconsequential, trivial, remote, immaterial, or unimportant. Theology should not lea ... more