"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 ... arch, Communication and Evangelization, and Social Communication in Religious Traditions of Asia. This new approach, backed up by known Theologians is at the center of a respective course in the Pastoral Communication Program of the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila where the publication serves as a textbook." (Publisher description) more

"God's self-communication is the source of human life and human communication. The divine self-communication shows itself in the Trinity, the revelation, the Incarnation, and embodied in the Church is the grammar of communication theology. Such a theology should be a formation program in Church's th ... eological institutes, especially in the priestly formation. Further, communication theology leads to deepening the dimensions of communication in all different theological disciplines in order to fecundate the respective fields of those disciplines. It helps Christian communicators to form dispositions in communicating with other people from different social backgrounds, cultures and religions. Based on God's communication, Christians can develop a proper attitude in the process of social communication in order to contribute to the improvement and unity of human society (CeP, no. 1). It gives enlightening insights to those who concern themselves with human social communication. In turn, studying communication theology, one will be led to a commimicative exchange with other sciences like anthropology, culturology, psychology, sociology, etc. In this way, the Church can effectively face the challenges and problems of social communication in the modem world of today, especially when she will give orientation and direction to young people who are the most affected persons in living under the influence of modem communication. In Christian understanding one can say: we may miss communicate, but we cannot not commimicate because human beings are created by a communicating God, in His image and likeness (Gen. 1:26). Communication must happen for the sake of human unity among themselves and with God, their constantly communicating God." (Conclusion, page 35-36) more