"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
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ism, theology and philosophy and he draws on a wide variety of sources in order to explain his premise. He hopes to begin to answer some of the questions that have arisen: What is the significance of the Internet for the faith? In which world do we live? Is it the same one that it used to be? What is the answer to “where do we live?” Today, we also inhabit a digital space, what is its significance for the faith in which values are adopted from the fact that ‘The Word was made flesh and came amongst us.’ How is the cyberworld changing our world, and what is its impact on faith? Using theorists from anthropology, philosophy, theology, sociology and the Internet – as well as literary sources, the author attempts to answer the questions he has posed, noting that not everything about the Web is new, least of all the theories that are associated with it today." (Publisher description)
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"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
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en other Pontifical documents and five documents from Latin America, Germany, the Philippines and the USA. Especially helpful are the introductions of the editor, which state the origin and importance of the various texts." (CAMECO Update 1-2015)
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"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
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so many people's lives that it should be incorporated in public diplomacy efforts if they are to have meaningful resonance among the publics they are trying to reach." (Publisher description)
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"A partir das influências do processo de globalização percebe-se o surgimento de novas formas de produzir música e expressar a fé através delas. O público cristão, nesse sentido, torna-se um nicho comercial promissor dentro desse mercado, na medida em que, gradativamente, a música católica
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deixou de ocupar um lugar secundário nas práticas de consumo entre os fiéis, para se tornar um importante elemento que se adapta aos processos e técnicas da música popular espetacularizada e, por consequência, reforça as referidas mudanças do mercado fonográfico. Através de três estudos de caso (uma gravadora, um grande evento e uma premiação) este trabalho avalia as estratégias que inserem a música católica na dinâmica do mercado da música em geral." (Resumo)
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"O presente trabalho trata das relações estabelecidas entre música, comunicação e Igreja Católica. A partir de uma análise acerca das estratégias de apropriação da lógica de mercado atual, aliadas ao uso sistemático e interligado dos meios de comunicação de massa, procura-se perceber a
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dinâmica que leva empresas, igreja, artistas e fiéis a movimentarem um mercado musical específico: o mercado da música católica. É através dos meios de comunicação que as novas produções musicais chegam ao público, podem ser conhecidas e difundidas, passando, então, a serem cada vez mais consumidas." (Resumo)
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"Religious broadcasting represents one of the basic elements of the public service broadcasting (broadcasting for the public benefit). It serves various public needs and purposes - according to the ritual model of communication it serves the intermediary function (it allows to participate in the lit
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urgy at the actual time for that part of the audience, which is unable to visit the actual place), according to the transmission model and reception model of communication in particular, it fulfils the educative function by spreading the common Christian values, creates the space for dialogue inside the Church and between the Church and the world. But above all, the main purpose of religious broadcasting is evangelization and bringing the spirit of gospel into the life of the audience. Each of these aspects of religious broadcasting has a specific audience; therefore the forms of addressing it should be different as well. At least, it requires the cooperation between the broadcaster and relevant church authorities. However, the problem lies in the fact that even in countries with a long tradition of religious broadcasting as a component of public service, the legislation does not specify the role of the broadcaster – should it provide broadcasting space only or should it actively intervene in the broadcasting? Is it allowed to do so according to the documents of the Church? Would it be possible to make the religious acts more appropriate for broadcasting by the use of elements such as a preferred style for the religious texts or special camera angles for liturgical acts in TV transmissions? There are many unanswered questions yet, and the answers to these questions can be found neither in the legislation, which the broadcaster follows, nor in religious documents." (Abstract)
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"Wie kann sich Kirche in einer durch Medien bestimmten Gesellschaft noch Gehör verschaffen? Sind Kirche und Medien überhaupt kompatibel? Und wie gelingt ihr der Spagat zwischen ihrer Aufgabe authentisch zu verkündigen und sich zugleich an die Eigenlogik der Medien anpassen zu müssen? Kirche wird
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sich den Veränderungen stellen müssen, auch weil traditionell kirchliche Medien ihre Adressaten und so ihre Bedeutung zunehmend verlieren werden. Das Katholische Medienhandbuch lässt die Medienmacher der Kirche zu Wort kommen. Kirchliche Kommunikation wird dabei ebenso grundsätzlich in den Blick genommen wie die Vielgestaltigkeit einzelner kirchlicher Medieninstitutionen. Ein Handbuch, das sich grundlegend mit dem Thema Kirche und Medien beschäftigt und Antworten auf die Herausforderungen der Zeit gibt." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"A Igreja sempre soube aproveitar os recursos tecnológicos disponíveis para difundir a mensagem da Bíblia e de sua própria Doutrina e, não raro, em suas pinturas foram criados e desenvolvidos novos meios e práticas. Proclamar a Boa Nova "do alto dos telhados" dependeu, ao longo do tempo, da cr
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iatividade e de uma reinterpretação que cada vez engendra e permite desenvolver." (Resumo)
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"The author makes a serious discernment of the values and the dangers of the media or the virtual world developing as a result of the communication revolution in the last decades. He pleads for an effort on the part of the church to enter the secular media so as to be within it a seed that bears fru
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its for the Kingdom of God and a new egalitarian society." (Abstract)
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"This introduction is more of an outline than a detailed description of and for intercultural communication. This book should help to introduce students and anybody interested into the field of intercultural communication. The main approach in the presentation comes from the social communications fi
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eld, but an attempt is also made to incorporate interdisciplinary considerations from fields like anthropology and missiology." (Forweord to the first edition)
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"How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise
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of fundamentalism as a mass media phenomenon, fundamentalist communication in the public sphere, national cultural identities and the rise of a 'global society'. Expert scholars in the field address specific contemporary and past fundamentalist movements that have emerged from within mainstream Islam, Christianity, Baha'ism, Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism." (Publisher description)
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"This publication is a first attempt to collect data and documents on social communication in the history of the Church beginning with the bible as the first book of communication. The collection is based on the understanding of communication as 1. communication theology and 2. social communication
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[...] This book is more a listing and outline of data and considerations on communication in Church history rather than a detailed presentation of historical facts. It includes, however, additional texts which are beyond the presentation of basic documents on social communication." (Preface)
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