From the pulpit in the church to the cyberpulpit in the media. In search of the language of proclaiming the Gospel in the modern world as exemplified by the activity of Adam Szustak OP Cover Image

Vom Ambo in der Kirche zum Cyberambo in den Medien. Auf der Suche nach der Sprache der Verkündigung vom Evangelium in der Gegenwart am Beispiel der Aktivität von Adam Szustak OP
From the pulpit in the church to the cyberpulpit in the media. In search of the language of proclaiming the Gospel in the modern world as exemplified by the activity of Adam Szustak OP

Author(s): Sławomir Pawiński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Media studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: language of religious communications; social media; preaching in Internet; “Cyber- continent”; Evangelisation; Adam Szustak OP;

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of Domincan Father Adam Szustak lies in the fact, that he speaks to people, especially the young ones. He uses their language figuratively and lively, although the topics are serious. He can link the sacred and profane like no one else, drawing richly from the everyday world and translating it into spiritual matters. When we add to it his ability to speak about the most difficult matters in a very simple, witty and understandable language, it is not surprising where his popularity among young people comes from. Szustak’s Cyberpulpit on YouTube is unrivalled by others in terms of usage by Polish internet users. The increasing number of hits on his channels in the virtual world, as well as the crowds attending his meetings in the real world show that a sense of new community and communication with people’s own religious language and the place of this communication, which is the internet, is born.

  • Issue Year: 38/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 157-170
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: German