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|a Buenas noches Facebook familia : how social media is redefining the notion of the christian community among Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Miami, Fla. : |b Barry University, |c 2014. |
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|a v, 175 leaves : |b illustrations ; |c 28 cm |
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|a Barry University Theses -- College of Arts and Sciences – Theology. |
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|a Thesis (D.Min.)--Barry University, 2014. |
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|a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-175). |
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|a Copyright Patricia Jimenez. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. |
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|a The objective of this thesis-project is to explore how social media is impacting the notion of the Christian community among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Roman Catholics. For this purpose, the practical theology method I used was “See-Judge-Act-Evaluate-Celebrate” which is the method most often utilized by Hispanic Ministry pastoral agents. The main hypothesis proposes that social media is a theological locus. Moreover, the thesis claims that when they share their popular piety and beliefs on social media it facilitates, affirms faith, and nurtures the religious imagination of U.S. Hispanics/Latinos. A quantitative study was conducted in the Diocese of Fresno through an anonymous on-line survey. A total of 147 Hispanic/Latino participants and 6 no Hispanic/Latino ministerial leaders ages 13 and older detailed their social media usage and views of social media and community. Seventy leaders identified levels of social media usage within ecclesial ministry. The research points to a rich and extensive use of social media by practicing Hispanic/Latino Roman Catholics that expresses a spirituality that is less formalized than traditional ecclesial expressions and is expressed outside of parish structures. Qualitative research explored the notion of the Christian community and kinship in light of technological and communication advances by drawing from three sources: scripture, ecclesiology, and U.S. Hispanic theology. These three sources are juxtaposed with research from the fields of cyber anthropology and communications, which indicate that social networking sites are not communities, but function as locations for communities to form. The thesis project further explored how social networking sites provide the means for U.S. Hispanics/Latinos to express the “sense of the faithful” through a narrative theology approach, one deeply infused with popular piety and a communal anthropology. The project also examines the Church’s understanding of social media as a gift from God to create, build community, and to evangelize. The renewed praxis offers practical applications for a Hispanic/Latino New Media Ministry in the Diocese of Fresno. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Barry University, |d 2020. |f (Barry University Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Barry University Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Facebook (Electronic resource). |
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|a Social media |x Religious aspects. |
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|a Internet |x Religious aspects |x Christianity. |
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|a Hispanic Americans |x United States. |
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|a Theses and Dissertations. |
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|u http://sobekcmsrv.barrynet.barry.edu/AA00001729/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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