Media, culture, and Catholicism / Paul A. Soukup, editor. - Kansas City, MO : Sheed & Ward, c1996. - xviii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Communication, culture & theology .

Originally published in Kansas City, MO in 1996 by Sheed & Ward is a service of The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company.
ISBN: 9781556127694

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.

Introduction / Paul A. Soukup
1. Orientations: Theology, communication, church. Communications media and the state of theology / Walter J. Ong
The Catholic imagination and the Catholic University / Andrew M. Greeley
Media Church: the presentation of religious information via media / Phyllis Zagano
2. Contexts: history, philosophy, theory. Visible image and invisible faith / Gregor Goethals
Communicative form and theological style / Paul A. Soukup
Ministry in an age of communication / Robert F. Leavitt
Models of church and communication / William Thorn
3. Practices: worship, homiletics, teaching. Religious symbolism and mass communication / Peter Mann
Communication and the art of presiding / Dennis C. Smolarski
Preaching the gospel in a video culture / Robert J. Wister
Possibilities of audiovisual narrative for moral formation / Henk Hoekstra and Marjeet Verbeck
Formation of church leaders for ministering in the technological age / Angela Ann Zukowski
Forums for dialogue: teleconferencing and the American Catholic Church / Frances Forde Plude



This collection of essays addresses the issue of communication and ministry in a mass-media dominated society.

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Catholic Church--United States.


Mass media in religion--United States.
Mass media--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Christianity and culture--United States.

BV652.97.U6 / M43 1996

261.5208822 M46 / 2003