Reclaiming the Piazza
Catholic Education as a Cultural Project
Published on 19. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-0-85244-844-1 (ISBN)
Description
To reclaim the cultural 'piazza' the Christian message must be attractive, reasonable and relevant. This volume aims to show how Catholic education can contribute to the new evangelisation in the rapidly evolving cultural landscape of the 21st century. What is a Catholic culture for today? How should it relate to prevailing cultural trends? How can Catholics engage and evangelise in a way that respects others' beliefs and values? This book offers unique insights into how Catholic education can enrich the culture of the pluralist society. Drawing on the insights and ideas of the Italian Church's Cultural Project (for the first time in the English language), the book offers ideas and reflections to all who care about Catholic education and culture and who want to share the life-giving content of the Christian message with those at the peripheries of belief, understanding and familiarity with the Christian worldview. With insights from school and university educators and professional communicators this wide-ranging, up-to-date and practical call for a new engagement between Catholics and representatives of secular culture will have a wide appeal.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leominster
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85244-844-1 (9780852448441)
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Ronnie Convery is Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Glasgow and Italian Consul in Glasgow. He graduated with an Honours Degree in Italian and French language and literature from the University of Glasgow, after having also pursued studies at La Sapienza University in Rome and the Institut de Touraine in Tours, France. His career began as a newspaper journalist, working for Mirror Group titles in Scotland, before moving into television journalism where he worked as a news reporter and presenter on the national news programme Scotland Today. He currently serves as editor of the Catholic monthly Flourish, and is a columnist for the Italian magazine Scarp de' Tenis. He has translated the books of Costanza Miriano into English and is a regular broadcaster on BBC and Italian radio. A pioneer of using social media in an ecclesiastical setting he has lectured at the University of the Holy Cross in Rome on the subject. He is a regular blogger and presence on Twitter using the hashtag @ronaldopatrizio and continues to contribute to newspapers and journals on subjects as diverse as European politics and religion in films. In 2005 he founded the Italian-Scots website, ItalianScotland, and thereafter the charity of the same name which aims to promote cultural links between Scotland and Italy. In 2008 he was named a Knight of the Italian Republic (Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia) for his work with the Italian community in Scotland and in 2017 named Hon Consul of the Italian Republic. He has authored several books - The Cardinal (2001) - the official tribute to Cardinal Thomas Winning, and the earlier companion volume to this book Reclaiming the Piazza: Catholic Education as a Cultural Project. He has acted as press adviser to Cardinal Winning, Archbishop Mario Conti and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia (successive Archbishops of Glasgow), and served as Chairman of the Communications Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland.