The Church as a moral communicator

Authors

Paul A. Soukup, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1994

Publisher

Sheed and Ward/Rowman & Littlefield

Abstract

What role does the Church-as a communicator-play in shaping the moral imagination of society? The question itself poses further questions. What is the Church, as a communicator? How does the Church act as a communicator of morals? What should the Church do to shape morals? Briefly, I will argue that the Church functions as a moral communicator at several levels, that the Church works best as a moral communicator when the Church shapes the imagination, and that such shaping occurs when the Church is most honestly the Church at the local level.

Chapter of

Mass media and the moral imagination

Editor

P. Rossi
P. A. Soukup

Comments

Copyright © 1994 Sheed and Ward. Reprinted and reproduced by permission of Rowman & Littlefield. All rights reserved. Please contact the publisher for permission to copy, distribute or reprint

Recommended Citation

Soukup, Paul A. (1994). The Church as a moral communicator. In P. Rossi & P. A. Soukup (Eds.). (1994). Mass media and the moral imagination (pp. 197-205). Kansas City: Sheed and Ward.