Communication And Theology Conference: St. John’s University, September 16-18 (2008)
Host: Professor Basilio Montiero
Conference Sessions:
Theological and Philosophical Context for Communication
A. Thomas Bauer: “Believe to Know and Know to Believe: Communication as a Unit of Difference, Distinction, and Assimilation. Good Reasons for a Social Theory of Faith”
B. Craig Baron: “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: Christian Theology in the Media Age”
C. John M. Phelan: “The Shared Urgent Relevance of Communication and Theology Studies”
D. Jose Palakeel: “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? Implications of transmediatization of Christian Theology from Oral to Written Culture”
E. Peter Lobo: “Inter-Faith Dialogue as Communication in a Multi-Context: A Christian Viewpoint”
The Ethics of Communicating Theology
A. Phillip Lee: “Toward A Theology of Communication Rights”
B. G. Mazza: “Communicate by Listening: Announcement, Consent, Communication”
C. Jacob Srampickal: “Inter-Religious Dialogue is for Developing Relations, Not Just for Dialogue: A Communications Perspective
D. Jim McDonnell: “Technology, Values and Justice: Theological Perspectives on the Internet”
Theology in the Public Square
A. Robert Badillo: “From the Unwarranted Limits of Habermas’ Communicative Reason to the Open Horizon of Ratzinger’s Communicative Logos to Its Grounding via Rielo’s Genetic Metaphysics
B. Donn James Tilson: “The 2006 Olympics and the Shroud of Turin: A Confluence of Town, Robe and Media”
C. Maria Way: “Cartoons and Theology”
D. Frances Forde Plude: “Ecclesiological Dialogue: An Analysis of Pope Benedict’s Visit to the U.S”
E. Peter Feuerherd: “Media Images and Male Spirituality”
Theology Expressed in the Arts
A. Robert Lauder: “Revelation and Revelations: God and the Movies”
B. Damian Armana: “Hierophany in Nollywood and its Theological Import”
C. Glenn Statile: “Communication, Consecration and the Catholic Novel”
D. Eileen D. Crowley: “Theological Reflection on Communal Co-Creation of Liturgical Media Art”
E. Rose Pacatte: “Lights, Camera…Faith! The National Film Retreat as Pastoral Communication”
Finding God in the Virtual World
A. Deborah Greh: “In Search of God in Second Life”
B. Kathryn G. Shaugnessy: “WWW and God”
C. C. Jean-Pierre Ruiz: "Between Babel and Babble: Bible Scholarship on the Blogsphere”
D. Ellen K. Boegel: “Soundbites and Sermons: Faith-Based Politics in the United States”