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CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF HOPE INTO THE MEDIA CULTURE
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF HOPE INTO THE MEDIA CULTURE

Author(s): Margaret J. Obrovac
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Social Philosophy, Sociology, Theology and Religion
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: media culture; new atheism; new evangelization

Summary/Abstract: The “new atheism” and the “new evangelization” have become the buzzwords of the age. Atheism is now the fastest growing “religious” group in the United States; the new evangelization decisively shaped the conclave that elected Jorge Bergoglio to the papacy. Twenty years ago, in Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul II reflected pastorally on some of the philosophical, spiritual, and cultural roots of both. His insights, embodied in Christians who live them, offer the Church a key to our times. If evangelization today is to announce the Gospel in the languages of today, what script might it use? What images might it evoke? What might its cadence be like?

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 319-331
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English