"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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"The book presents all final statements of FABC communication meetings from 1996 to 2007, including the annual meetings of Asian communication bishops (Bishops' Meet), all six BISCOMs (Bishops' Institutes for Social Communication), and special gathering of experts (Roundtables) on Communication Rese
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arch, Communication and Evangelization, and Social Communication in Religious Traditions of Asia. The 230-page volume also gives some analyses on the communication dimension of the Asian Synod (1998) and the related document "Ecclesia in Asia." The new edition also contains articles on Communication Theology, Communication Spirituality and reports on two special OSC initiatives on the academic level: the Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication based at St. John's University (Bangkok), and the Program on Pastoral/ Social Communication at the Graduate School and Theological Faculty of the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (Manila)." (Publisher description)
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"Media involve religious dimensions and have become the religious "iconofiers" of our world. People increasingly use media for shaping their - religious - identity and their search with respect to questions of ultimate meaning. The author first provides a succinct overview of the context and implica
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tions of media culture and the recent changes in communication theory. Then, by analyzing the contents of a broad range of Church documents from the Catholic as well as the Protestant Churches and Ecumenical Organizations, she reflects on Christian policy views and identifies the main problems and opportunities in relating to media culture. Finally she stresses the urgency of genuine "art of dialogue" between Christian religion and media culture, based on a thorough analysis of the trends of the global media context as well as recent insights from audience research. She also argues a theological paradigm shift and the importance of ethical involvement by religions in the public sphere. This is a thoroughly researched, major contribution to religious commmunication theory." (CAMECO Update 4-2008)
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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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"Suddiviso in tre sezioni (testi dei Pontefici, atti della Curia romana, documenti della Chiesa italiana), il volume presenta lo sviluppo cronologico degli interventi della Chiesa sul cinema offrendo per ciascuno di essi una nota sintetica per una corretta comprensione. Sono raccolti non solo i docu
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menti dedicati esclusivamente al cinema ma anche brani significativi tratti da altri testi inerenti il mondo della comunicazione e della cultura in senso lato. Tramite gli indici il lettore ha inoltre la possibilità di avvicinarsi ai testi mediante una molteplicità di accessi: cronologico, per pontificato, tematico." (Descrizione della casa editrice)
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"This book contains documents on communication of the Holy Father and the Pontifical Council for Social Communication from 1998-2002, each introduced and outlined by the editor for easy reference. Sections related to communication in other important documents like the Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia
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in Asia (1998) are also included. The booklet complements the former collection under the same title, which was published in 1997." (Publisher description)
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"Der Beitrag diskutiert die Frage, ob die katholische Kirche ihren Mediendokumenten einen angemessenen Begriff von moderner politischer Íffentlichkeit zugrundelegt. Er kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die säkulare Öffentlichkeit einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft innerkirchlich noch immer als Bedrohun
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g und Gefahr wahrgenommen wird. Die mit dem II. Vatikanum programmatisch von Dissoziation auf Dialog umgestellte Verhältnisbestimmung der Kirche zur Neuzeit scheint damit von einer allgemeinen kirchlichen Akzeptanz noch weit entfernt zu sein." (Zusammenfassung)
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