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The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet

Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor (2011), 224 pp.

ISBN 9781592760336

Signature commbox: 70-Catholic-E 2011

Foreword / Cardinal Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., 11
Introduction. The Digital Continent / Brandon Vogt, 15
I: PUT OUT INTO THE DEEP: NEW MEDIA AND EVANGELIZATION
1 The Virtual Areopagus: Digital Dialogue with the Unchurched / Fr. Robert Barron, 25
2 Into the Light: Sharing the Spiritual Journey / Jennifer Fulwiler, 45
3 Speaking Their Language: Connecting with Young Adults / Marcel LeJeune, 57
II. THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW: NEW MEDIA AND FORMATION
4 Modern Epistles: Blogging the Faith / Mark Shea, 73
5 New Wineskins: Fresh Presentations of Ancient Tradition / Taylor Marshall, 89
6 Digital Discourse: The New Apologetics / Fr. Dwight Longenecker, 99
III. FOSTERING THE FLOCK: NEW MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
7 Innovative Shepherding: New Media in the Diocese / Scot Landry, 113
8 High-Tech Community: New Media in the Parish / Matthew Warner, 131
9 Tat They May Be One: Cultivating Online Community / Lisa Hendey, 149
IV. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: NEW MEDIA AND THE COMMON GOOD
10 Changing the World: New Media Activism / Thomas Peters, 163
11 Moving Mountains: Building a Digital Movement / Shawn Carney, 177
Conclusion: To Infinity and Beyond: The Future of the Church and New Media / Brandon Vogt, 190
Afterword / Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, 207