Communications and Cultural Analysis: A Religious View - Couverture rigide

Warren, Michael

 
9780897892889: Communications and Cultural Analysis: A Religious View
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0897892887 ISBN 13 : 9780897892889
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1992

Synopsis

This book explores how culture functions and intersects with religious groups, particularly Christians. It explores the way electronic communications, especially film and television, shape our world of meaning. Using the theories of British thinker Raymond Williams as his framework, Warren focuses on the actual process by which versions of reality are produced, the production of signification. He also draws on the ideas of Paulo Freire pointing out that cultural agency happens when individuals decide to exercise some judgment and control over the kinds of cultural material they will accept or resist.

If culture is a signifying system, says Warren, then religion is too. Contrasting values from the wider culture create dilemmas for those trying to follow a religious life. Choices either mirror the wider culture or reflect a culture of resistance. Warren seeks to help the reader develop the skills of cultural analysis by paying attention to the images that support culture, examining the life structures that support culture, and paying attention to how any particular aspect of culture is produced. Beyond all this, however, the author calls for a stance of resistance to all that violates human dignity and unity--all the aspects of culture that persons with high religious ideals cannot accept.

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À propos de l?auteur

MICHAEL WARREN has been Professor for Religious Education and Catechetical Ministry in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John's University, New York City, since 1975. He has written or edited eight books, the most recent of which is Faith, Culture and the Worshiping Community (1989).

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897892887
ISBN 13 
9780897892889
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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