eBook
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Connected Toward Communion
Year
2014
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Liturgical Press
Summary
There is currently a shift in the cultural: digital communication has reshaped the way people interact with one another, form and maintain relationships, and gain knowledge and understanding. How might people go about communicating the Good News of Jesus Christ in the midst of these changes to an emerging culture shaped by digital media? This question addresses the whole church, from the baptized faithful to pastoral ministers and the institutional structures that serve the church locally and globally. In Connected toward Communion, Daniella Zsupan-Jerome traces the Roman Catholic Church's contemporary thought and practice of social communication, from Inter Mirifica of the Second Vatican Council to the church's approach to communicating faith through social networking today. Throughout, a key question forms a common thread: how is it possible to form pastoral ministers today for serving the church in the digital age and beyond?