{"product_id":"catholics-and-contempt-how-catholic-media-fuel-todays-fights-and-what-to-do-about-it-9781685789954","title":"Catholics and Contempt: How Catholic Media Fuel Today's Fights and What to Do about It","description":"The culture of contempt--the lust to wound perceived opponents who are seen not just as wrong but as evil--has become global in scope. Fed by the rise of \"cheap speech\" in media, seismic shifts in digital technology, and a boom industry based on selling outrage, people are increasingly unable to understand, much less dialogue with, their ideological rivals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Catholic Church understands itself as the evangelizer of culture; yet this culture of contempt has evangelized much of the Church. A distressing range of Catholic media platforms and commentators have introduced the poison of contempt into the heart of Catholic life--and with exacting fidelity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this timely and important new book, Vatican journalist and \u003ci\u003eCrux\u003c\/i\u003e Editor John L. Allen Jr. offers a bracing analysis of our fractured Catholic media landscape. Examining six case studies of the culture of contempt wounding the Church--four from around the globe, and two from the United States--Allen offers not only a sobering look at the direction Catholic media has headed, but an urgent call for it to change course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Word on Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685789954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.00w x 0.79d","brand":"John L. Allen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505681301685,"sku":"9781685789954","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6846f861-3cbf-4bf0-ba37-816e6d4a431e.jpg?v=1705422976","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/catholics-and-contempt-how-catholic-media-fuel-todays-fights-and-what-to-do-about-it-9781685789954","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}