Church, media, communication

Mary on the Screenby Peter Malone, msc Frescoes, murals, paintings, sculpture. There is a long history of the depiction of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the visual arts. Music and hymnody is also a rich resource for appreciating the artistic representation of Mary. There is also a brief but continuous history of the presentation […]

Film, Faith and Churchby Peter Malone, msc This book covers the following topics: Introducing The Themes What Is Spirituality And Cinema Screen And Pulpit For Justice: A Face For The Faceless Conscience And Integrity: A Man For All Seasons Missionary Activity: Black Robe Traditionalism: Brideshead Revisited – And Its Catholicism The Papacy: The Shoes Of […]

FILM & FAITHby Peter Malone, msc This is a new and revised edition of The Film, first published by Chevalier Press, Sydney in 1971. Peter Malone is an Australian Missionary of the Sacred Heart. He taught at Daramalan College, Canberra, and then Fundamental Theology, Old Testament Studies at the MSC seminary in Canberra.  From 1972 […]

IMAGING THE DIVINEJesus and Christ-figures in filmby Lloyd Baugh From the general introduction: This book is about representations of Jesus and Christ-figures in cinema. Part one is dedicated to the Jesus-film tradition, from its beginnings to the present day. It considers a wide variety of these films, doing a more detailed analysis of some of […]

Explorations in Theology and FilmEdited by Clive Marsh and Gaye Ortiz This book brings together theologians, biblical scholars, film and media specialists, and experts in language and literature to consider the potential of film to contribute to contemporary theological discussion. Introductory questions covering methodological and theoretical issues are discussed together with substantial theological evaluations of […]

The Gospel in Cyberspace: Nurturing Faith in the Internet Age by Pierre Babin and Angela Ann Zukowski   Preface of the book « We intend this book to be a living example of the ways to evangelize at the dawn of the twenty-first century, in three ways: * It is the fruit of a dialogue between […]

Communicating in Ministry and MissionAn Introduction to Pastoral and Evangelizing Communicationby Franz-Josef Eilers, svd « This book is a continuation and extension of « Communicating in Community An Introduction to Social Communication,  » which was published in a third and revised edition in 2002. The part on Church and Communication (Chapter 6) is here extended and further […]

Religion and the MediaAn Introductory ReaderEdited by Chris Arthur The relationship between religion and the media is often pictured in simplistic terms: either people think of the use of the media to propagate a particular message, or else of a religious critique (usually of television or the tabloid press) in which a preoccupation with sex […]

Mass Media ReligionThe Social Sources of the Electronic Churchby Stewart M. Hoover Book published in a serie « Communication and Human Values »At a time of historical changes in communication policies and technology, this international series establishes a forum for critical questioning of the human and social roles of contemporary communication. Authors examine the normative criteria for […]

New Image of Religious Filmby John R. May, editor Published in a collecion titled « Communication, Culture & Theology »This collection brings together contributors from richly diverse backgrounds – literature, art history, mass communication, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, theology – to explore a wide range of current issues concerning the interrelationship of religion and film, including approaches to […]