Communication And Theology: A Review Of The Literature
Paul Soukup, S.J.
[This volume is one of the first to study the interaction between Communication and Theology. It was published in 1983 by the World Association for Christian Communicators (WACC).]
Contents
Preface
Part I: Review of the Literature
The area of enquiry
Organizing the material
Religious language and self-understanding
The linguistic analogue
The linguistic analogue and religious self-understanding
The linguistic analogue and Christian attitudes toward the media
The linguistic analogue and Christian strategies for communication
The linguistic analogue and ethical or advocacy questions
The aesthetic analogue
The aesthetic analogue and religious self-understanding
The cultural analogue
The cultural analogue and religious self-understanding
The cultural analogue and Christian attitudes toward the media
The cultural analogue and Christian strategies for communication
The cultural analogue and ethical or advocacy questions
The dialogic analogue
The dialogic analogue and religious self-understanding
The dialogic analogue and Christian strategies for communication
The dialogic analogue and ethical or advocacy questions
The broadcast/mechanical analogue
The broadcast/mechanical analogue and religious self-understanding
The broadcast/mechanical analogue and Christian attitudes toward the media
The broadcast/mechanical analogue and Christian strategies for communication
The broadcast/mechanical analogue and ethical or advocacy questions
The theological analogue
The theological analogue and religious self-understanding
The theological analogue and Christian attitudes toward the media
The theological analogue and Christian strategies for communication
The theological analogue and ethical or advocacy questions
Reflections and conclusions
Communication analogues and basic questions
Regional correlations
Ecclesiastical correlations
Criticism of the debate
Some Questions
Part II: A theological study program for communication
A guiding method
Goals
Methods
Theological questions
Communication questions
Works referred to in the text
Bibliography