Vol. 20 No. 1, 2022

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Editor's Column

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             Deorithms- the "Rhythms" of God

             Anthony Le Duc, SVD

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             Newly Constituted Editorial Board

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Articles              

 

             Christ, Cross, and COVID-19: Words that Never Die in the New Normal Religious Communication

             Norman Melchor R. Peña, Jr., SSP 

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             Israeli Information Policy, COVID-19 and the Ultra-Orthodox Haredim
             Yoel Cohen with Ahuva Spitz

             SIMBAHAY: Flipping Church Service during the  COVID-19 Pandemic Uncertainty 

            and Implications to Spirituality
             Joshua Michael G. Jonas and Benjamina Paula G. Flor 
 

             Is Truthmaker Theory Sufficient to Solve the Gettier Problem?
             Caiqin Liu 
 

ESSAYS
           

             The Future of Religion: Human Life- Education- Spirituality
             Pravat Kumar Dhal 
 

             Empathy: the Key to Handle Digital Communications Post-Pandemic
             Albertina Navas 
 

             In Memoriam: Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022)
 

             Thích Nhất Hạnh and Socially Engaged Buddhism
             Shiju Paul, SVD

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BOOK REVIEW

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             Religion’s Sudden Decline: What’s Causing it, and What Comes Next? 

             Ronald F. Inglehart 

             Reviewer: Fumihiko Matsumoto

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BOOK NOTES

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             The End(s) of Religion: A History of How the Study of Religion Makes Religion 

             Irrelevant. 

             Eric Bain-Selbo

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             How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion. 

             David DeSteno.

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             Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on a New Normal.  

             Heidi A. Campbell and John Dyer (Eds).

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             The full PDF version can be found here. 

           

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Vol. 19 No. 2, 2021

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Editor’s Column

           

            Religious Communication amid the Pandemic 

            Anthony Le Duc, SVD                                                                                                                    

 

Articles

 

            Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Religious Communication among

            Syro-Malabar Catholics of South India

            Robin Xavier, Mariot Jose Panjikaran, Angel Treasa Alex

            and Nandini Lakshmikantha                                                                                                          

           

            Global Responses to Neighborhood Change in the COVID-19 Pandemic

            and the Philippine Church’s Reception

            Rico C. Jacoba                                                                                                                                                                                  

            Religious Social Capital and Support in the Social Integration of Catholic Migrants in Vietnam

            Thu Huong Hoang, Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen and Phuong Thanh Bui                                                        

 

            "Tengaw” Observance: The Kankanaey’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

            Brandon Billan Cadingpal                                                                                                            

 

            The Search for Meaning and Values in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: 

            Paradigm Shifts in Communicating the Joy of the Gospel                              

            Christina Kheng                                                                                                                               

           

Essays

 

            Ecclesial Communion: It Takes a Pandemic

            John Patrick Murray, OSA                                                                                                           

            

            Digi-Mission: You Will Be My Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth (Acts 1:8)

            Clement Baffoe, SVD

 

            The full PDF version can be found here.                                                                                                                  

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Vol. 19 No. 1, 2021

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    Editor’s Column
    Religious Engagement in the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Anthony Le Duc, SVD                                                                         

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    In Memoriam: Franz-Josef Eilers, SVD, PhD (1932-2021)
    Kenneth E. Rayco                                   
   

    Catholic Liturgical Teleparticipation Before and During the Pandemic, and Questions for the New Normal
    Leo-Martin Angelo R. Ocampo                                                        

                                                       

    Shaping Future Pastoral Leaders with Desirable Pastoral Skills in the Vietnam Church
    Joseph Nguyen Manh Ha, OP                                                        

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   The Concept of Pluralistic Society in Qur’anic Perspectives
   Sulaiman Rifal                                     
   
    The Communicative Role of Camillian Chaplains in their Pastoral Ministry

    during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Vince Henry M. Salles                                                                     
   
    Muslim Youth and State Building: Challenges and Opportunities
    Aina-Obe Shamsuddin Bolatito                                                      

 

    Full PDF version can be found here.

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Vol. 18 No. 2, 2020

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The Pastoral Methodology and Prospect of Korean Catholic Church in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Centering on the Integrated On-Offline Pastoral Ministry 
Minsoo Kim

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John Hick’s Critical Realism Approach in the Digital Milieu
Fumihiko Matsumoto

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Promiscuous Teleological Reasoning: A Pseudo Logical Reasoning
Morad Nazari  

 

Mission as Dialogue with Vietnamese Culture: The Vietnamness -- Vietnamese Theology
Michael Nguyen, svd  

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What is Good about Digital Technology in Discipling Youth
Vo Huong Nam 

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Analysis of the Malayalam Films “EE. MA. YAU” and “AMEN” on the Basis of

Regional Culture and Religion in South Indian Context
Smitha Elsy Sebastian and Unni Krishnan K 

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The Full PDF version can be found here.

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Vol. 18 No. 1, 2020

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The Call of the Digital Age for Lay Participation: An Answer to Transparency of the Church

Brang Mai Lazing

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Q.R. Codes of Deities: Digital Media @ the Service of Religion in Taiwan

Paulin Batairwa Kubuya

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Understanding the Role of Thai Aesthetics in Religion and the Potentiality of Thai Christian Aesthetics 

L. Keith Neigenfind, Jr.

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Paradox of COVID-19: Communication Opened, Religion Closed and Social Distanced and Its Implications

Sebastian Periannan

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The full PDF version can be found here. 

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Vol. 17 No. 2, 2019

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A Postcolonial Revalorization of the Good News through Mother Tongue-Based and Multilinugal Communication (MTB-MC)

Rico C. Jacoba

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Types of Communication Strategies in Jainism: A Study of Jain Mendicants, Educators and Lay Persons

Bhumi Shah

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Communicating Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth and the Life: Christology for the 21st Century Filipinos

Frederick F. Prevosa

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The full PDF version can be found here.

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Vol. 17 No. 1, 2019

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The Effect of Digital Development on Church and Society in Southeast Asia: A Survey

Anthony Le Duc

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Intercultural Communication in a Digital World

Franz Josef Eilers

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Religious Communities in the Digital Era: Dynamic of “Believing” and “Belonging”

Gnana Patrick

 

Engaging Pope Francis’ Laudato Si in the Discourse on Environmental Communication

Jeramie N. Molino       

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South Asian Voice of Changing Hindu Religious Contour and Digital Media

Binod C. Agrawal

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The full PDF version can be found here.

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Vol. 16 No. 2, 2018

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Digital Expressions, Experiences and Challenges of and for Religions in Asia

Leo-Martin Angelo R. Ocampo    

 

Religion in Development Communication: An Inexorable Concept

Stanislaus Irudayaselvam

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The Role of Inclusive Language in an Inter-religious Dialogue and Communications

Rico C. Jacoba and Jeramie N. Molino         

 

The full PDF version can be found here.                               

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Vol. 16 No. 1, 2018

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Religion and Social Communication in Asia: Towards a Research Agenda

Franz-Josef Eilers, svd

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The Way, the Truth and the Life: Asian Religious Communication in the Post-Truth Climate

Anthony Le Duc, svd

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Thai Cultural Signs and Symbols for Pastoral Communication

Amornkit Prompakdee

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Resilience as a Growing Trend in Communication Research--Its Relation to Asian Religions

Jose S. Destura, Jr. 

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Virtual Space and Inter/Intra-religious Dialogue

Gnana Patrick

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The full PDF version can be found here.

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Vol. 15 No. 2, 2017

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Hindu Sanatan Dharma and Digital Media Adaptation in South Asia

Binod C. Agrawal

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Buddhist Communication of the True Roots of the Ecological Crisis

Anthony Le Duc, svd

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Communication Documents from and for Religions: Christianity

Franz-Josef Eilers, svd

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The full PDF version can be found here. 

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Vol. 15 No. 1, 2017

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Religions and the Digital World of Asia: Some Considerations

Franz-Josef Eilers, svd

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Religion in the Virtual Public Sphere: Nature and Dynamics
A Study Based on Selected Social Network Sites

G. Patrick

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Digital Church in the 21st Century: A Case Study from India

Leslin Bastian

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Muslim Religious Publics in Online and the Diasporic Malayali Muslims

in the United Arab Emirates: An Ethnographic Study

Ahammed Junain, NP

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Goddess of the Nation: Semi-religious Iconography in the Digital Age

Unni Krishnan K

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Language, Printing, Art and Education in the History of Early Christianity in the Philippines

Kenneth E. Rayco

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The full PDF can be found here. 

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Vol. 14 No. 2, 2016

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How to Communicate in the Age of Web 4.0? Challenges and Possibilities for Religions in Asia

Leo-Martin R. Ocampo

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Buddhist Environmentalism in the Digital Age

Anthony Le Duc, svd

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A Study on the Usage of Online Media in Selected Temples in South Asia

Padma Rani

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Multi-Religious Expressions of Non-Christian Students in a Christian School: the Digital Dimension

Jose S. Destura, Jr and Nelson V. Arnante

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The Role and Impact of Digital Technology Use in Pilgrimages in Thanjavur Region, South India: An Investigation

Sebastian Periannan

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Vol. 14 No.1, 2016

 

Digitizing—The New Sanskritizing

Chandrabhanu Pattanayak

 

The Political Economy of Digital Propaganda of Islamists Against Liberal and Secular Writers and Bloggers and Their Social Movements in Bangladesh: A Critical Inquiry

Abdur Razzaque Khan

 

‘Networked’ Religion in Network Society: The Case of Swaminarayan Sect

Mira and Kapil Desai

 

The Role of Multimedia in Islamic Teaching Propaganda (Da’wah): An Indonesian Experience

Gunawan Adnan

 

Vol. 13 No. 2, 2015

 

Religion in the Digital Space: Exploring its Dynamics with Reference to the Asian Context

G. Patrick

 

Cyber/Digital Theology: Rethinking about Our Relationship with God and Neighbor in the Digital Environment

Anthony Le Duc, svd

 

Oral Tradition of Jainism Discourse in the Wake of Digital and Social Media: A Communication Study of Jain Mendicants and Lay Persons

Komal Shah

 

Sanatan Dharma and Digital Media: The Process of Adaptation, Absorption and Assimilation in Hindu South Asia

Binod C. Agrawal

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Vol. 13 No.1, 2015

 

Playing with the Gods: The Making and Un-making of the Baba

Chandrabhanu Pattanayak

 

Impact of New Communication Technology on the Shias of South Asia

Nadeem Husnain

 

Communicating Religious Dimension of Culture in the Traditional and New Social Media: The Christian Experience in India

Keval J. Kumar

 

Religious Aspects of Chinese New Year Celebration

John Mi Shen

 

New Media to Promote Religious Communication in Jainism: An Exploratory Study

Komal Shah

 

Social Media Use in Religious Communication: The Christian Migrants of Kerala, India

Leslin Bastian

 

Communication, Culture and Buddhism in Asia: Structural Adaptation and Integration of Digital Media

Binod C. Agrawal

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Vol. 12 No.1, 2014

 

Competence in Social Communication and Religion A Christian Perspective

Franz-Josef Eilers, svd

 

Mythology and Society Continuum: A Study of An Indian Television Serial

Arbind Sinha

 

Dimensions of Society and Religion in Religions Communication Through the Internet: A Study Based on the Response of College Students in Chennai

Gnana Patrick

 

Influences of Religious Telecast in Multi-religious India 

Binod C. Agrawal

 

Religion, Culture and the ‘New’ Social Media in India: Critical Perspectives

Keval J. Kumar

 

Challenges for Religious Communication in New Social Status and Cultural Forms in Vietnamese Context

Anh Vu Ta

 

Vol. 11 No.2, 2013

 

Social Communication and Religion

Franz-Josef Eilers, svd

 

Communication Technology Impacts Thai Culture and Buddhist Way of Life

Samran Khansamrong

 

Religion and Social Communication in Changing Cultures of Asia: An Anthropological Perspective

S.M. Michael, svd

 

The Rediscovery of Religious Silence in the  Social Media Era: A Korean Case

Ignatius Kim Min-Soo

 

An Act of Faith: From the Spiritual to the Ritual

Chandrabhanu Pattanayak

 

Methods of Dhamma Preaching in Lanna

P.B. Saneh Ñānamedhī

 

Sufism: Religious Change in the Medieval Deccan (India)

Jagadeesh Kivudanavar

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Vol. 11 No.1, 2013

 

Influences of Religions Telecast in a Multi-religious India: An Analysis of Hindu and Non-Hindu Television Viewers

Binod C. Agrawal

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Exploring the Diegesis of the Haridasi Kirtan--A Critical Study

Sanjay Ranade

 

Jainism: Its Philosophical Tradition and Its Re-adaptation through Media and Communication

Komal Shah

 

Media and Sikh Religion: An Indian Perspective

B.S. Bhatia

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Hinduism and Internet in 2010-12: An Essay on Websites, Blogs, Social Media, Censorship and ‘Internet Hindu’

Kiran Thakur and Achyut Vaze

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Vol. 10 No.2, 2012

 

Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication: Origin and Activities

Franz-Josef Eilers, svd

 

The Communication Signatures of Religion - Re-evented in a Social Media Environment?

Thomas A. Bauer

 

Jesus Christ as Communicator: A Biblical Perspective

Lucien Legrand, mep

 

Unfolding Religious Communication System: A Methodological Approach

Sebastian Periannan