"The main objectives of the study were: to assess the perceptions of vowed religious people towards social media; to explore the uses to which vowed religious people put social media; to find out the experiences of vowed religious people regarding their social media utilization. The study employed m
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ixed method – explanatory sequential research design. Data was collected through questionnaires and in-depth interviews, and analyzed through descriptive and thematic analysis. The findings revealed that, although 98.4% of the respondents had embraced social media use, only 49.2% were open to using social media for evangelization. However, there is a willingness and with sensitization, they can maximally utilize social media for evangelization. It was also evident that, the positive experiences on social media outweigh the negative ones, hence, social media is a viable channel for evangelization. The study recommended that vowed religious people be sensitized to embrace social media for evangelization purposes. The study also recommended that the Catholic Church should periodically train religious people on the ethical use of social media platforms." (Abstract)
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"This volume explores how religious and spiritual actors engage for environmental protection and fight against climate change. Climate change and sustainability are increasingly prominent topics among religious and spiritual groups. Different faith traditions have developed "green" theologies, launc
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hed environmental protection projects and issued public statements on climate change. Against this background, academic scholarship has raised optimistic claims about the strong potentials of religions to address environmental challenges. Taking a critical stance with regard to these claims, the chapters in this volume show that religious environmentalism is an embattled terrain. Tensions are an inherent part of religious environmentalism. These do not necessarily manifest themselves in open clashes between different parties but in different actions, views, theologies, ambivalences, misunderstandings, and sometimes mistrust. Keeping below the surface, these tensions can create effective barriers for religious environmentalism. The chapters examine how tensions are manifested and dealt with through a range of empirical case studies in various world regions. Covering different religious and spiritual traditions, they reflect on intradenominational, interdenominational, interreligious, and religious-societal tensions." (Publisher description)
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"Eine Befragung von Redaktionsleitern liefert erstmals umfassende Daten zur Situation der Ordens- und Missionspresse in Deutschland. Demnach erschienen im Jahr 2012 mehr als 70 Zeitschriften von Ordensgemeinschaften, die zusammen eine Auflage von 1,5 Millionen Exemplaren erreichten. Die typische Ord
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enszeitschrift hat 32 Seiten Umfang, erscheint fünf Mal im Jahr in einer Auflage von knapp 30.000 Exemplaren und wird in der Regel kostenlos oder gegen eine Spende weitergegeben. Damit werden deutlich mehr Menschen publizistisch von den Orden erreicht, als dies den Ortskirchen mit Hilfe ihrer Bistumszeitungen noch gelingt." (Abstract)
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"The authors present a broad corpus of data and suggest some potential theoretical patterns for their interpretation. Through this they invite the readers to look with a critical eye at their research and draw their own conclusions as to the potential implications these forms of usage have for the C
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hurch and for the larger study of religion online. The book also offers other researchers of religion and the internet access interesting material on Catholic use of the internet for their own analysis. Thus the book present a rich resource for future studies exploring how a distinctive religious community engages with the internet, and may aid in the identification of common patterns of internet appropriation or networking strategies used within different religious organizations." (Preface, page 10)
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"Die Welt des Mönchtums und der Orden hat unsere europäische Zivilisation über Jahrhunderte hinweg nachhaltig geprägt. Detailliertes Wissen darüber vermittelt das komplett neu bearbeitete Lexikon nach einem konzisen historischen Überblick in über 700 Artikeln: Es informiert über die verschie
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denen Orden und ihre Regeln, über Ordensgründer und andere für die Geschichte der Orden wichtige Persönlichkeiten, über Klöster und Realien sowie Begriffe aus dem monastischen Leben und der Liturgie." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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