Increasing Student Involvement in Communication Classes: An Embodied Approach Laura L. Groves, Ph.D. lauraleegroves@gmail.com They come; they sit; they seem to simply occupy space. Unfortunately, this is often the case in lower level communication or Gen Ed requirement classes. In classes like this, we long for the spark of engagement. Even in some classes taken by majors and minors, students …
A Confused and Convicted Vicar
A Confused and Convicted Vicar Tom Carmody, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies, Vanguard University Five years ago, my wife and I took our first trip to England. As a newly ordained Anglican transitional deacon I was especially excited to visit the historic “Mother Church” of my denominational tribe. We took the train down from London and arrived in the late …
Zombie Jesus, Nazi Christians, Jacques Derrida, and Morality: Some Easter Reflections
Zombie Jesus, Nazi Christians, Jacques Derrida, and Morality: Some Easter Reflections (from the regular Column: “Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance”) Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento In my church, Easter is a season celebrating the bodily resurrection of Jesus and it lasts fifty days. On the internet, Easter is a season of …
Christians: Sending out an S.O.S – The Case of Jim Bakker
Christians: Sending out an S.O.S Brandon Knight, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication William Carey University In the earliest days of quarantine, I found myself scouring media and listening to medical experts, hoping to discover what would be an answer to the elusive question of our odd circumstance. Or, if I am being honest, I was looking for an emotional cure-all—something …
Doing Religion Online in a Time of Pandemic
Presenter and Affiliation: Heidi Campbell, Professor of Communication & Presidential Impact Fellow Texas A&M University Date and Time: May 20, 4-5 pm EST. Description: This webinar will explore the challenges and opportunities experienced by churches during the current global COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion will be focused around themes and questions raised in a new eBook entitled, “The Distanced Church: Reflections on …
New Book, An Essential Guide to Public Speaking, 2nd edition, Quentin Schultze
NEW EDITION: An Essential Guide to Public Speaking: Serving Your Audience with Faith, Skill, and Virtue, 2nd ed. This greatly expanded edition of Quin Schultze’s public speaking book for Christian universities just came out with many instructor resources, including: * quizzes and test questions * PowerPoint slide decks * student speech videos * classroom and online activities * chapter-by-chapter video …
New Book, The Distanced Church: Reflections on Doing Church Online
Announcing the online publication of “The Distanced Church: Reflections on Doing Church Online.” This eBook experiment creates an accessible international dialogue between church leaders, theologians, and media scholars. The Distanced Church is a collection of 30 essays exploring the challenges and opportunities created by the current global COVID-19 pandemic for religious groups, and churches having to move from offline to …
Madame Guyon: Attentive Silence as a Counterpractice for a Digital Age
Presenter and Affiliation: Stephanie Bennett, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Media Ecology, Palm Beach Atlantic University When? Wednesday, April 29, 7-8 pm EST What? Christian mystic Jeanne Guyon’s devotional posture centered on what some call the inward way, or the “prayer of silence,” a means of communicating with God in humility, inward simplicity, and contemplation. Her situation was couched in …
Hope Does Not Disappoint. . . ?
Hope Does Not Disappoint? (from the regular Column: “Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance”) Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento Hope does not disappoint—except, most of the time. We hope that our team doesn’t lose; that the grocery store hasn’t run out of milk and bread; that our politicians don’t lie to us; …
