"Divine Word Missionary and communication expert Franz-Josef Eilers passed away in Manila on January 13, 2021. He was a prominent SVD communication and media expert and had dedicated his life to social communication and the formation of missionaries in the SVD and beyond for an evangelisation in ter
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ms of communication. He was a member of the SVD Missiological Institute since 1984 and a diligent and trusted contributor to Verbum SVD." (Page 116)
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"Dieser Aufsatz hinterfragt, warum die frühe Münsteraner Interkulturalitätsforschung um Henk Prakke und seine Schüler, insbesondere Franz-Josef Eilers, keine nachhaltige Institutionalisierungschance hatte. Aus einer wissenschaftssoziologischen und fachhistorischen Perspektive werden sowohl Pfada
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bhängigkeiten innerhalb der deutschen Publizistikwissenschaft als auch die isolierte Lage des neuen Forschungsthemas in der jungen Bundesrepublik Deutschland, deren Wissenschaftslandschaft noch wenig Anschlussmöglichkeiten bot, diskutiert. Ausgehend von Münster entwickelte sich zwar ein interessiertes Forschermilieu über verschiedene akademische Statusgruppen hinweg, das allerdings zu begrenzt war, um sich durchzusetzen und interkulturelle Kommunikationsforschung 20 Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs als Thema etablieren zu können." (Abstract)
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"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 birth
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day 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)
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