Network for New Media, Religion & Digital Culture Studies publishes third eBook, Digital Ecclesiology: A Global Conversation Digital Religions Publications, an imprint of the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies, announces the publication of its third eBook, Digital Ecclesiology: A Global Conversation. This eBook is the second of three planned books to explores questions raised for churches …
“Words don’t have meaning, people have meaning…?” (or, “This last, dim, weird battle of the West” or, The End of Civilization, Maybe”) (Part 1)
“This last, dim, weird battle of the West” or, The End of Civilization, Maybe. (Part 1) Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento (from the regular Column: “Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance”) A fellow college professor, who is a friend of mine, was recently praised in his student evaluations for destroying the possibility …
Spiritual Capital in Organizations, new podcast, Craig Mattson
Craig Mattson, Ph.D. Professor of Communication Arts; Department Chair; Co-Director of the Honors Program Trinity Christian University Talking about organizational spirituality may sound to you like a conversation about self-care. And it is, partially. But this podcast invitation to Spiritual Capital centers not only about accumulating spiritual resources for the self, but also about how to hold all our organizational resources, intangible and tangible …
Hide and Seek: Soren Kierkegaard’s Indirect Communication
Presenter and Affiliation: Dr. Benson Fraser, Virginia Wesleyan University Date: Friday, September 18, 12-1 pm EST Description: This presentation examines the purpose and use of both direct and indirect communication as understood by Søren Kierkegaard. My emphasis will be on indirect communication in communicating transcendent truth to an audience that is distracted or disinterested. I will argue that indirect communication …
Bridging the Racial Divide in Worship Music, A Special Guest Column
Bridging the Racial Divide in Worship Music – A Special Guest Column Column No. 1: From Numb Praise to Songs of Lament: Bridging the Racial Divide in Worship Music By John Hatch, Ph.D, and Laura Lee Groves, Ph.D. Column No. 2 (A Response): Christian Music as a Prophetic Voice: A Call to Repentance and Action By Kesha Morant Williams, Ph.D, and Omotayo …
Hybrid Church, Conversation with Alan Briggs
In case you missed it, here is the latest “Hybrid Church” Interview about doing online church during a pandemic. This week’s guest is leadership coach, Alan Briggs. Please share. Enjoy!
Soul Stirrings, Podcast, Fruit of the Spirit Series, Patience, Part 2
Please enjoy, and share, Dr. Patton’s latest podcast on Patience in the “Fruit of the Spirit” series. CCSN · “Fruit of the Spirit – Patience, Pt. 2” Ep. 19 – with Dr. Paul Patton
New Book: Hide and Seek The Sacred Art of Indirect Communication, by Benson P. Fraser
Hide and Seek: The Sacred Art of Indirect Communication (Cascade Books, 2020) by Benson P. Fraser (From the website) “As bearers of the divine image, all of us are storytellers and artists. However, few people today believe in truth that is not empirically knowable or verifiable, the sort of truth often trafficked through direct forms of communication. Drawing on the …
May Your Hypocrisy Increase Tenfold
May Your Hypocrisy Increase Tenfold Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento (from the regular Column: “Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance”) Not long ago, I was accused of being a hypocrite. The charge was both accurate and delightful. The charge was accurate because I was failing to live consistently with something I said …
“Fruit of the Spirit” Podcasts, Soul Stirrings, with Paul Patton
Dear friends. In case you missed them, here are the current podcasts by Dr. Paul Patton on the “Fruit of the Spirit” from his regular podcast, “Soul Stirrings.” Paul’s next podcast on the fruit of patience will be released next week. Meanwhile, enjoy the others and please share with others to help us get the word out. If you have …
