Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story November entry: Little Advents Column Description: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story is a monthly column that illuminates old and new ideas about media ecology from a Christian perspective. Dr. Mitchell will explore what it means to bear God’s image and Christian witness in a mediated world, with a …
New column entry, A Complete* History of the Modern World, by Mark Williams
A Complete* History of the Modern World (or, everything* you need to know about Postmodernism) Column: “Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance” By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento November 2021 / October 2021 / September 2021 / August 2021 / June-July 2021 / April-May 2021 My workplace recently required me to upload and install some …
Online course developers and instructors wanted
The CCSN is helping Christian colleges and universities identify qualified online course developers and instructors in communication studies. If you have any interest, contact rwoods@theccsn.com. The ideal candidates will have a terminal degree in communication (or at minimum a masters degree), a strong commitment to the Christian faith in teaching and scholarship, and experience developing and teaching online courses at …
Faculty Opening, Communication Studies, Northwest University
NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY Kirkland, WA 98033 www.northwestu.edu Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies (Tenure Track). Northwest University is seeking an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies with expertise in human communication, family communication, interpersonal communication, or a closely related field (ABD considered). The candidate must be an energetic, enthusiastic teacher/scholar who is committed to helping students achieve their academic and career …
Faculty Opening, Strategic Communication, Northwest University
NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY Kirkland, WA 98033 www.northwestu.edu Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies (Tenure Track). Northwest University is seeking an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies with expertise in strategic communication, public relations, persuasive messaging, or a closely related field (ABD considered). The candidate must be an energetic, enthusiastic teacher/scholar who is committed to helping students achieve their academic and career …
Column Entry, A Common Hope, by Dennis Smith
Column Title: Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Life in Mission Column Entry: A Common Hope Column Description: If you hang around long enough, mingle with enough folks in enough places on this fragile planet, and pay attention at least part of the time, life happens. And with life, stories. In this monthly column, Dennis Smith, former President of the World …
New Book, Patton and Woods, Everyday Sabbath: How to Lead Your Dance with Media and Technology in Mindful and Sacred Ways
(paid link) Title: Everyday Sabbath: How to Lead Your Dance with Media and Technology in Mindful and Sacred Ways (Cascade Books, 2021) Authors: Paul Patton and Robert Woods Instructional Materials Available: https://www.theccsn.com/everyday-sabbath-how-to-lead-your-dance-with-media-and-technology-in-mindful-and-sacred-ways/ Order a review or exam copy from the publisher’s website: https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?keyword=everyday+sabbath Book description from Amazon: “The authors, writing as scholars of communication and media, demonstrate how God’s great …
New Book, Terry Lindvall, Souls for Sale: Rupert Hughes and the Novel Hollywood Religion
(paid link) Title: Souls for Sale: Rupert Hughes and the Novel Hollywood Religion (Reel Spirituality Monograph Series) (Cascade Books, 2021) Author: Terry Lindvall Order a review or exam copy from publisher’s website: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725293076/souls-for-sale/ Description of book from amazon: “The beginning of the twentieth century evolved out of an era of Freethinking atheists and agnostics who challenged the Protestant hegemony of …
Recorded Webinar: Voddie Baucham and the Gnostics Who Have No Love: Boundary Work and a Rhetorical Exposé of Social Justice within Evangelicalism, by Brandon Knight
Title: Voddie Baucham and the Gnostics Who Have No Love: Boundary Work and a Rhetorical Exposé of Social Justice within Evangelicalism Presenter and Affiliation: Brandon Knight, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, William Carey University Description: Dr. Voddie Baucham warned of fractures within the evangelical community when delivering a sermon at the 2019 Southeastern Founders’ Conference introducing a newly coined concept …
Job Announcement, Eastern University, Rhetoric/Generalist
Position: Rhetoric/Generalist Institution: Eastern University Description: The Communication Studies Department at Eastern University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track Assistant/ Associate Professor of Communication Studies to begin August 2022. Area of specialization: Rhetoric. Our department of four full-time faculty is looking for a colleague with the spirit of a generalist. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses in public …
