How to evangelize the digital world. Suggestions from pope Benedict XVI’s messages for World Communications Days Cover Image

Jak ewangelizować świat cyfrowy? Wskazania Benedykta XVI w orędziach na Światowe Dni Środków Społecznego Przekazu
How to evangelize the digital world. Suggestions from pope Benedict XVI’s messages for World Communications Days

Author(s): Wojciech Mleczko
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Media studies, Globalization, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: evangelization; digital world; Benedict XVI; messages for World Communications Day; digital evangelizes;

Summary/Abstract: In recent years we have been able to observe a remarkable growth of media and new forms of communication. This new world is an opportunity and a challenge for the Church. Pope Benedict XVI in his Messages for World Communications Day has urged us to undertake the work of evangelization of the digital world. He entrusted this task primarily to priests and young Catholics, and the special place for bearing witness should be the social networks. In Benedict’s messages certain principles for evangelizers of the digital world can be found. According to the author of the article these are: inculturation, authenticity, respect and dialogue, silence, direct human contact. Finally, the author formulates the Digital Evangelizer Decalogue

  • Issue Year: 6/2014
  • Issue No: 1 (10)
  • Page Range: 197-208
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish