A Theology For A Mediated God: 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.

• | Author: Dennis Ford
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Oct 20, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 122 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138928151
• | ISBN-13: 9781138928152