We recently concluded our year long Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Interview Series, hosted by Mark Fackler, earlier this Summer. Our last interviewee was Quentin Schultze, Professor Emeritus, Calvin University. The full collection of 23 interviews — and links to those recorded interviews — is included below. These interviews are great for classroom use and personal study. Please share with …
Must-reads in Christianity and Communication Studies, Part 1
Below is Part 1 of 5 (in Chronological Order) of a “Recommended Reading List” in Christianity and communication studies for faculty, students, and anyone interested in how Christians from a number of different traditions integrate theology with communication studies. This list is compiled by scholars, teachers, students, and practitioners. We begin with several books, some classics and others destined to be, …
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Cite as follows: McLaughlin, Elizabeth (2016). Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond (New York: Crown Publishers, 2013). [Book Review]. Journal of Christian Teaching Practice [Total Pages: 148] [a publication of the Christianity and Communication Studies Network, www.theccsn.com, copyright 2016] By Elizabeth W. McLaughlin, Bethel College, Indiana; elizabeth.mclaughlin@bethelcollege.edu Poverty: say the word and many stereotypic media images appear: hunger, violence, …
Faith Integration as Identity
Faith Integration as Identity Jonathan Pettigrew, Ph.D. Arizona State University, Assistant Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication Introduction Immediately after completing my undergraduate psychology degree from a small state school in Texas, I moved across the country to Indiana. Licensed as a minister and commissioned as a missionary, I began working as a Christian campus minister at a large, …
In It with Them: Embracing Process and Authenticity as Transformational Points of Connection
In It with Them: Embracing Process and Authenticity as Transformational Points of Connection Richard K. Olsen, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Associate Professor and Department Chair Introduction The essay is as much a confessional as a guide. Sharing my account of integrating and negotiating my personal faith journey with what I believe is my calling to teach at a …
Co-Creating Spaces as a Faith Integration Strategy
Co-Creating Spaces as a Faith Integration Strategy Douglas L. Kelley, Ph.D. Arizona State University, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences Introduction I have been a scholar, of sorts, for over thirty years. It has been a mostly marvelous time of engaging students and ideas through teaching and writing. I have taught and written at community colleges, at private Christian liberal …
“Dancing Lessons”: Using a Dialogic Text to Promote Racial Awareness and Reconciliation
“Dancing Lessons”: Using a Dialogic Text to Promote Racial Awareness and Reconciliation John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University, Chair, and Professor of Communication Studies. Abstract: The Christian college classroom provides a pivotal environment for raising awareness of systemic racial injustice and the need for interracial reconciliation. For Euro-American students, however, being confronted with a racialist legacy tends to evoke social pain …
Winsome Persuasion: Christian Persuasion in a Post-Christian World
Presenter and affiliation: Tim Muehlhoff, Ph.D., Rick Langer, Ph.D., Biola University Presentation Title: “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Persuasion in a Post-Christian World” Cost: Free and open to the public. Date: Wednesday, August 30 Time: 8-9:00 pm EST Description: How are Christians viewed in the broader culture? We blush at the possibilities. Brainwashed fanatics? Out-of-touch dogmatists? Buffoons? The task of …
Essential Questions Series, Special Guest, Dr. Quentin Schultze
Presenter and Affiliation: Dr. Quentin Schultze, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Calvin College Presentation Title: “Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Series, Interview No. 24, Quentin Schultze” (Moderated by Mark Fackler) Date: 06/05/17 Time: 7:00-8:00 pm, EST Description: this 24th installment in the “Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Series” features Dr. Quentin Schultze, Professor Emeritus, Calvin College. …
Essential Questions Series, Special Guest, Dr. Ann Miller
Presenter and Affiliation: Dr. Ann Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Human Communication, University of Central Florida Presentation Title: “Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Series, Interview No. 22, Ann Miller” (Moderated by Mark Fackler) Date: 05/22/17 Time: 7:00-8:00 pm, EST Description: this 22nd installment in the “Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Series” features Dr. Ann …
