Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology’s power to improve lives and change the world — but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED’s archives. Resource Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/billy_graham_on_technology_faith_and_suffering
PRaxis/PRism
PRaxis/PRism – PRaxis was launched in 2003 as a public relations and communication resource and meeting space for academics, students, and industry practitioners. A key feature of the site is PRism, which to the best of our knowledge is the world’s first free-access, wholly online, refereed public relations and communication journal. Resource Link: http://www.prismjournal.org/pr_resources_links.html
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Christian Classics Ethereal Library – Full-text theological library which includes reference, fiction, non-fiction, and hymns in an assortment of formats. Resource Link: http://www.ccel.org/
Starting Points for a Theology of Communication
The chart appears on p. 70, chapter 9, of Bluck’s book. The core of the diagram is built around 5 key concepts: 1) dialogue, 2) content, 3) intention, 4) form, and 5) outcome. This is a detailed and useful chart for researchers and teachers alike. It provides starting points for sketching one’s own theology of communication, and presenting others with …
Regent College Marketplace Institute website
Regent College’s Marketplace Institute website offers a variety of topical articles and resources that may be useful to Christian communication researchers, especially those interested in situating their investigations in a Canadian context. Research and essays by leading Christian scholars and public intellectuals cover topics related to the intersection of Christianity and science, the environment, society-politics, and business-economy. Resource Link: http://marketplace.regent-college.edu/
The Immanent Frame
Culled from site: The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere. Founded in October 2007 in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council’s program on Religion and the Public Sphere, The Immanent Frame features invited contributions and original essays, and serves as a forum for ongoing exchanges among leading thinkers from the social sciences and …
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The first major overhaul of U.S. telecommunications law in over 60 years. It amended the Communications Act of 1934. President Bill Clinton signed it into law. In this act, it was the first time the Internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment. Resource Link: http://transition.fcc.gov/telecom.html
Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006
A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. One of several bills on “network neutrality” proposed as part of a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Resource Link: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr5417
The Nature and Future of Religious Communication Scholarship
Quentin Schultze discusses the “nature and future of religious communication scholarship” (Running time: 9 minutes, 37 seconds). The presentation was made at the National Communication Association annual convention in 2009 as part of the 5-year out panel hosted by the Religious Communication Association. Other panelists included Helen Sterk, Clifford Christians, Paul Soukup, and Ronald C. Arnett. Schultze’s presentation appeared in …
New Book: Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene, by Marcus Moberg
From Amazon: Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene is the first full exploration of the phenomenon of Christian metal music, its history, main characteristics, development, diversification, and key ideological traits from its formative years in the early 1980s to the present day. Marcus Moberg situates it in a wider international evangelical cultural environment, accounts for its diffusion on a transnational scale, …
