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Media
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I. Concept and Scope – II. Practical Theology

I. Concept and Scope

In its broad sense, the term media denotes all the material conditions that enable coexisting individuals (individual persons and social systems) to be effectively present to each other and to respond effectively. Media in this broad sense are the material conditions for intersubjectivity. Even archaic, undifferentiated societies are characterized by a – likewise undifferentiated…

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Herms, Eilert and Grethlein, Christian, “Media”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_23056>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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