Communicatio Socialis: Challenge of Theology and Ministry in the Church. Festschrift for Franz-Josef Eilers
Franz-Josef Eilers (honoured person)
Kassel: Kassel University Press (2007), 249 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 243-245
ISBN 978-3-89958-310-6
Signature commbox: 10-Catholic-E 2007
"The term 'Social Communication' (lat. 'Communicatio Socialis') was coined at the Second Vatican Council. The decree Inter Mirifica (1963) uses this expression to point to the communication processes of and in human society beyond technical means. According to this Festschrift marking the 75th birthday of Franz-Josef Eilers SVD, Social Communication has been his lifelong Leitmotif. Eilers has been one of the most prominent writers on Church and intercultural communication. He founded and for many years edited the scholarly quarterly Communicatio Socialis, and he served as collaborator and director of CAMECO and the Office for Social Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. 15 international communication experts, from Catholic as well as ecumenical viewpoints, contributed to this book. The articles cover a broad range of issues, from practical experiences ('Radio Broadcasting in the Brazilian Amazon') to trend reports ('The rediscovery of religion by journalists in the Netherlands') and theological reflections ('The concept of dialogue and its ethical implications')." (CAMECO Update 2-2008)
Foreword / John Foley, 6
Inter Mirifica, and What Followed: The Second Vatican Council as the Beginning of a New Era in the Relationship between the Church and the Media / Helmuth Rolfes, 8
Areopagus of the Modern World / Willi Henkel, 28
The Cultures of Africa: Voiceless in the Internet / Giso Deussen, 36
The Concept of Dialogue and Its Ethical Implications: A Contribution to the Concept of Social Communication / Ineke de Feijter, 48
Religion and Mediated Popular Culture: The Need for Dialogue / Frances Forde Plude, 70
Inter-Religious Dialogue as Communication / Henry D’Souza, 85
Spirituality of Communication in the Context of “Communalism, Consumerism and Terrorism” / Sebastian Periannan, 91
Taking on the Challenge of Furthering Catholic Communications: An Ongoing Task in an Ever-Changing World / Daniela Frank, 106
Shifting Sands: Catechesis, Imagination and the Digital Culture / Angela Ann Zukowski, 116
Interdisciplinary Approach is Inevitable and a Major Challenge in Communication Studies / Jacob Srampickal, 143
The Case for Communication in Theological Education / Pradip Thomas, 169
Radio Broadcasting in the Brazilian Amazon / Roberto M. Ebisa, 178
Building Digital Bridges: Considerations for Ministry in the Emerging Communication Landscape / Anthony Roman, 184
Communication History and the Institutions of Communication / Michael Schmolke, 207
A Dutch Miracle? The Rediscovery of Religion by Journalists in the Netherlands / Joan Hemels, 224
Inter Mirifica, and What Followed: The Second Vatican Council as the Beginning of a New Era in the Relationship between the Church and the Media / Helmuth Rolfes, 8
Areopagus of the Modern World / Willi Henkel, 28
The Cultures of Africa: Voiceless in the Internet / Giso Deussen, 36
The Concept of Dialogue and Its Ethical Implications: A Contribution to the Concept of Social Communication / Ineke de Feijter, 48
Religion and Mediated Popular Culture: The Need for Dialogue / Frances Forde Plude, 70
Inter-Religious Dialogue as Communication / Henry D’Souza, 85
Spirituality of Communication in the Context of “Communalism, Consumerism and Terrorism” / Sebastian Periannan, 91
Taking on the Challenge of Furthering Catholic Communications: An Ongoing Task in an Ever-Changing World / Daniela Frank, 106
Shifting Sands: Catechesis, Imagination and the Digital Culture / Angela Ann Zukowski, 116
Interdisciplinary Approach is Inevitable and a Major Challenge in Communication Studies / Jacob Srampickal, 143
The Case for Communication in Theological Education / Pradip Thomas, 169
Radio Broadcasting in the Brazilian Amazon / Roberto M. Ebisa, 178
Building Digital Bridges: Considerations for Ministry in the Emerging Communication Landscape / Anthony Roman, 184
Communication History and the Institutions of Communication / Michael Schmolke, 207
A Dutch Miracle? The Rediscovery of Religion by Journalists in the Netherlands / Joan Hemels, 224
