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A Theology for a Mediated God: How Media Shapes Our Notions about Divinity

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A Theology for a Mediated God: How Media Shapes Our Notions about Divinity - Ford, Dennis
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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 ...

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A Theology for a Mediated God: How Media Shapes Our Notions about Divinity 2015, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781138928169

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A Theology for a Mediated God: How Media Shapes Our Notions About Divinity 2015, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781138928152

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