"This textbook is a wide-ranging introduction to the theology of communication, written by the executive secretary of the Social Communications Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). The primary aim is to help develop the capacity to understand social communication from the p
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erspective of pastoral leadership. Communication is viewed from various theological and sociological disciplines, ranging from 'Jesus Christ the communicator' or 'liturgy as communication' to 'God, media and popular culture' and 'narrative theology'. The book emphasises pastoral communication and includes sessions on preaching, evolving effective strategies and plans, networking and integrating communications into one’s ministry. It forms part of the 'Communications for Pastoral Leadership' formation programme of CBCI." (CAMECO Update 1-2011)
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"This is the latest edition of the textbook especially written for seminary and religious communication formation. It is also published in India and has translations in Italian and Bahasa Indonesia. A Spanish translation is underway. New ideas are infused in a chapter “New media communication.”
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The history of communication is extended to the evolution of digitized media, satellites and Internet. Updated statistics on mass media penetration worldwide also add up to a comprehensive understanding of communication, and its influence on the Church’s essential mission. The book’s strength lies in the theology of communication expounded, and in practical explanation of human communication theories and concepts." (Publisher description)
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"O trabalho visa apresentar e analisar a perspectiva da comunicação e da nova evangelização dentro da Igreja Católica, a partir do cenário da religião no Brasil e no mundo pós-moderno. O foco recai sobre a Renovação Carismática Católica e, mais especificamente, sobre a Comunidade Cançã
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o Nova e seu Sistema de Comunicação, de forma a mostrar o papel essencial da área comunicacional na Igreja e na Comunidade. O estudo se vale de documentos do Vaticano, declarações oficiais de membros da Igreja e, no caso da Canção Nova, principalmente de seu portal na Internet, ponto de conexão de todas as media da Comunidade." (Resumo)
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"La cultura mediática con sus diversos lenguajes y oportunidades se constituye en un desafío para la acción evangelizadora, que por naturaleza es la comunicación de una Buena Nueva, de una persona, de una propuesta de vida. Los discípulos misioneros estamos llamados a comunicar a nuestros herma
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nos la invitación de Jesús para un encuentro con Él, para transformar su vida cotidiana; para conocerlo cada vez más a través de la catequesis y la vida sacramental; para que también ellos se constituyan en comunicadores de la verdad, del camino y la vida que Él nos ofrece. El autor de este aporte a la profundización de las orientaciones de Aparecida sobre el tema de la comunicación, presbítero Carlos Arturo Quintero, comunicador social, nos conduce desde la reflexión sobre la importancia de la comunicación para la acción evangelizadora hasta llevarnos al desafío que ahora enfrentamos: la Misión Continental; pasando por el papel de la comunicación en la comunión eclesial y su contribución." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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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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"[...] el Secretariado de la Comisión Episcopal de Medios de Comunicación de la Conferencia Episcopal Española ha elaborado, con la importante colaboración del profesor Jesús Manuel Conderana, de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, este fascículo titulado
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50 preguntas y respuestas sobre Infoética”. Su carácter es divulgativo y en absoluto quiere ser exhaustivo, sino una ayuda para difundir entre los fieles la gran riqueza de los últimos documentos de la Iglesia sobre las comunicaciones sociales, muchas veces desconocidos no sólo por el gran público, sino también por los profesionales de la comunicación." (Prólogo, página 5)
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"The term 'Social Communication' (lat. 'Communicatio Socialis') was coined at the Second Vatican Council. The decree Inter Mirifica (1963) uses this expression to point to the communication processes of and in human society beyond technical means. According to this Festschrift marking the 75th birth
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day of Franz-Josef Eilers SVD, Social Communication has been his lifelong Leitmotif. Eilers has been one of the most prominent writers on Church and intercultural communication. He founded and for many years edited the scholarly quarterly Communicatio Socialis, and he served as collaborator and director of CAMECO and the Office for Social Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. 15 international communication experts, from Catholic as well as ecumenical viewpoints, contributed to this book. The articles cover a broad range of issues, from practical experiences ('Radio Broadcasting in the Brazilian Amazon') to trend reports ('The rediscovery of religion by journalists in the Netherlands') and theological reflections ('The concept of dialogue and its ethical implications')." (CAMECO Update 2-2008)
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