MEDIAting theology
Leipzig:
Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
(2021), 209 pp.
ISBN 978-3-374-06811-1
"The intersection of media with theology is reciprocating: media boosts theology in its functions to inform, connect and educate; theology humbles the globalizing media with a reminder – media is in mediation but not in domination. Media and theology thus intersect at mediating (negotiating, interceding, resisting, protesting) and they should avoid the temptation to colonize. The essays are presented in two overlapping clusters: Mediascapes (intersection of media and a selection of land- and sea-scapes) and Mediations (implications of mediating theology for interrogating hegemonies). The topics addressed include social media and #tag cultures, the fourth industrial revolution and artificial intelligence, homiletics, social resistance, Palestine, Latin America, climate change, and Covid-19." (Publisher)
"One of the outcomes of the DARE (Discernment and Radical Engagement) forum hosted by the Council for World Mission at Mexico City (May 24-26, 2018)" (Preface)
Contents
Introduction, 9
Mediating the Real - A Native Take / Jione Havea, 21
I. MEDIASCAPES
Religion and Media in a Digitally Polarized Landscape / Miguel M. Algranti, 45
Mediating Politics, Media and Religion - The Protestant Mediascape in Brazil / Magali do Nascimento Cunha, 57
Displaced Persons and Refugees - #JESUIScentrism and the Argentinian Landscape / Fernando Martin Chinnici, 75
Can’t We All Just Get Along? - The Caribbean Mediascape / Marsha Nathalee Martin, 83
When Pulpit as Media Fails - The Kiribati Seascape / Tioti Timon, 93
IL MEDIATIONS
Talking Back to Hegemonic Constructed Lies / Anthony G. Reddie, 105
Fourth Industrial Revolution - A Missiological Critique / Roderick R. Hewitt, 125
Plasticity and Neoliberal Subjectivity - A Theological Critique / Zachary Thomas Settle, 143
The Palestinians, Israel and the Bible - The Software that Fuels the Occupation / Mitri Raheb, 161
The Colonial Oppressiveness of a Biblical Concept - Hospitality / Miguel A. De La Torre, 175
EPILOGUE
Covid-19: New normals, Old platforms / Jione Havea, 193
Mediating the Real - A Native Take / Jione Havea, 21
I. MEDIASCAPES
Religion and Media in a Digitally Polarized Landscape / Miguel M. Algranti, 45
Mediating Politics, Media and Religion - The Protestant Mediascape in Brazil / Magali do Nascimento Cunha, 57
Displaced Persons and Refugees - #JESUIScentrism and the Argentinian Landscape / Fernando Martin Chinnici, 75
Can’t We All Just Get Along? - The Caribbean Mediascape / Marsha Nathalee Martin, 83
When Pulpit as Media Fails - The Kiribati Seascape / Tioti Timon, 93
IL MEDIATIONS
Talking Back to Hegemonic Constructed Lies / Anthony G. Reddie, 105
Fourth Industrial Revolution - A Missiological Critique / Roderick R. Hewitt, 125
Plasticity and Neoliberal Subjectivity - A Theological Critique / Zachary Thomas Settle, 143
The Palestinians, Israel and the Bible - The Software that Fuels the Occupation / Mitri Raheb, 161
The Colonial Oppressiveness of a Biblical Concept - Hospitality / Miguel A. De La Torre, 175
EPILOGUE
Covid-19: New normals, Old platforms / Jione Havea, 193
