Keeping the Faith in Grad School Column Description: Writing as a Christian who is a doctoral student at a public institution of higher learning, Lakelyn reflects on how graduate students can maintain their faith in graduate school when it seems hard to do. This column is not about how to “beat” the “other” side in debates about religion or secular …
Column: “You Cannot Help What You Do Not Love,” by Mark Williams
You Cannot Help What You Do Not Love By 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”) Sometimes fortune is very hard on me. Recently, for example, I had to spend well over an hour sitting in a middling discount clothing store while a teenager …
A Soul Stirrings Podcast Update, Expanded Reach
Soul Stirrings, a CCSN podcast by Dr. Paul Patton (CCSN Senior Fellow, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Media, Spring Arbor University) is now on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify! Please follow and share with others. Also available on Soundcloud. About Soul Stirrings “Soul Stirrings” is Dr. Paul Patton’s 5-7 minute attempt to provide clarifying, maybe even inspiring. nuggets of insight about …
Article, An Ethic of Care for Journalists Covering Trauma and Educators Who Prepare Them for It, by Michael Longinow
Why You’re There: An Examination of Faith within an Ethic of Care for Journalists Covering Trauma and Educators Who Prepare Them for It Michael Longinow, Ph.D. Chair and Professor of Journalism, Dept. of Digital Journalism and Media Biola University Return to Journal home page Abstract: Traumatic news has been a constant throughout the development of American journalism, but only in …
New Column, Image to Image, by Chase Mitchell
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 particular focus on the relationships between theology, media, and orthopraxy across different Christian …
Soul Stirrings, Fruit of the Spirit, Goodness (Parts 1-3)
In case you missed it, enjoy Goodness: Parts 1-3 of Paul’s Series on the Fruit of the Spirit. Soul Stirrings · Ep. 24: Fruit of the Spirit – Goodness, Pt. 1 Soul Stirrings · Ep. 25: Fruit of the Spirit – Goodness, Pt. 2 Soul Stirrings · Ep. 26: Fruit of the Spirit – Goodness, Pt. 3
New Column, Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Life in Mission, by Dennis Smith
Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Life in Mission By Dennis Smith * 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 Association for Christian …
Article: Journalistic Ethics and Conflict Reporting: A Biblical Pedagogy of Media Advocacy, Objectivity, and Social Responsibility, by Bala Musa
Journalistic Ethics and Conflict Reporting: A Biblical Pedagogy of Media Advocacy, Objectivity, and Social Responsibility Bala A. Musa, Ph.D. Azusa Pacific University Return to Journal home page Abstract On both a local and global scale, conflict, particularly violent conflict, has and will always make news. While the definition of news has remained relatively the same through time and across societies, …
Common Call and CCSN Conference this week, Christ and Communication
A Common Call: A Conference on Christ and Communication Sponsored by Faculty Commons and the Christianity and Communication Studies Network Register here. We are excited to invite you to an August 20, 2021, Zoom conference on Christ and Communication. This conference is being co-sponsored by Faculty Commons (FC), a ministry of Cru, which outreaches with professors and graduate students in …
Guest Post, A Christian Critique of the Award-winning Film Minari, by Chase Mitchell
CCSN member and new regular guest columnist Chase Mitchell critiques another award-winning film, Minari, for Christian Scholar’s Review. Jacob’s Well: Pride and Grace in Eden, Arkansas https://christianscholars.com/guest-post-jacobs-well-pride-and-grace-in-eden-arkansas/