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Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Author(s) | Dennis Ford |
Subtitle | How Media Shapes Our Notions About Divinity |
Published | 15th October 2015 |
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How Media Shapes Our Notions About Divinity
A Theology for a Mediated God introduces a new way to examine the shaping effects of media on our notions of God and divinity. In contrast to more conventional social-scientific methodologies and conversations about the relationship between religion and media, Dennis Ford argues that the characteristics we ascribe to a medium can be extended and applied metaphorically to the characteristics we ascribe to God—just as earlier generations attempted to comprehend God through the metaphors of father, shepherd, or mother. As a result, his work both challenges and bridges the gap between students of religion and media, and theology.