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- ArticleAngels as Interpretive Figures: Interdisciplinary Aspects of a New AngelologyFuniok, Rüdiger (2022) , S. 59-82This article treats Angelology (or Angeletics) as a series of theories about angels. Angeletics applies a communication theory approach to its subject of study. It underlines the elements “message” (content) and “messengers” (media) and suggests evaluating the message (whether positive or negative) and developing mutual responsibility between communicants. The classical theory of angels follows a theological approach and is based not only on biblical and qur’anic narratives but also uses systematic reflections and philosophical speculations. Modern literature rather avoids the idea of angel figures; nevertheless it describes existential situations in which a “heavenly” message is received. For centuries, the fine arts have depicted angels in biblical scenes not only in an illustrative but also in a more abstract, even critical, way. Ultimately, angels can be seen as an invitation to develop human virtues, especially those needed in a world full of pain.
- ReviewBook Review. Andrew J. Owen, Desire after Dark: Contemporary Queer Cultures and Occultly Marvelous MediaWolff, Richard (2022) , S. 168-172
- ReviewBook Review. Robert Covolo, Fashion TheologyKealty, Céire (2022) , S. 164-167
- ReviewBook Review. Sarah K. Balstrup, Spiritual Sensations: Cinematic Religious Experience and Evolving Conceptions of the SacredGiven, Jacob (2022) , S. 161-163
- ReviewExhibition Review. Olafur Eliasson, LifeFritz, Natalie (2022) , S. 186-194
- ArticleThe Face of the Other (Faith) as a Threat: How Images Shape Our PerceptionPaganini, Claudia (2022) , S. 43-58According to Emmanuel Lévinas, the face of the other is the starting point of ethics. The following article therefore examines in which form of media representation we Christians meet with the other or more precisely with “the faith of the other”. Across the photo reporting of migration, war and terror, it will be shown that de-subjectifying images dominate and that the face of the other is absent. The same applies to religious websites and social media, where biblical quotations and idyllic landscape images predominate and people – or people’s faces – who could be a challenge to one's own faith hardly appear. This affects the perception of ‘the own’ and ‘the foreign’, and it does so in an even more negative way as the competence to interpret images correctly is not particularly well-developed in most people.
- ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly. EditorialFritz, Natalie; Mäder, Marie-Therese; Scolari, Baldassare (2022) , S. 7-10
- Article“Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” Women! Encountering Media Ethics and Religion in Theory and in the ClassroomFritz, Natalie; Mäder, Marie-Therese; Scolari, Baldassare (2022) , S. 11-42The article presents a theoretical and methodological framework for a cultural studies-oriented approach to the complex relationship between media, religion and ethics. On the basis of several concrete examples, the article sheds light on the centrality of religious worldviews, symbols, figures and narratives within different media practices, in which moral norms, principles and values are reproduced, rediscovered, discussed, legitimated and contested. Moreover, the article highlights how the examination of concrete media contents can be implemented in teaching in order to stimulate and increase students’ capacity to understand, analyze and evaluate the normative function and power of the media, especially in the contemporary, digitalized and globalized world.