Social communication and Catholic thought in Paul VI

Professor Jesús Sánchez, from the Faculty of Theology, has published an article in English entitled "The Rise of Catholic Thought on Social Communication in the Pontificate of Paul VI", in International Journal of Public Theology (2024, vol. 18, n. 2, E-ISSN: 1569-7320. DOI).

As part of his line of research on Communication and Christian social thought, Prof. Sánchez Camacho publishes this article with the following abstract:

In a period of mass media emergence and renewal of Catholicism after Vatican II, the church initiated into a profound approach to its Social Doctrine on the media. With a theology of communication as a cornerstone, numerous ecclesial documents published during the Papacy of Paul VI explored the implications of the media for society and the internal life of the church. This study aims to analyse the contents on the media addressed in official documents of the Catholic Church during the Pontificate of Paul VI. The conclusions of the research show to what extent communication is a significant issue for public theology and delve into the meaning of the right to information and public opinion, the place of the media in education, the training of communicators and recipients, the importance of the media for the church, and the involvement of Catholics in the media.

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Jesús Sánchez Camacho, from the Department of Moral Theology and Praxis of Christian Life, holds a PhD in Human and Social Sciences and is an expert in social communication through his line of research on the relationship between communication, religion and society. He is currently Director of the Integral Ecology Unit at Comillas.

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