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, …
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/
Guest Column: A Column That Is Absolutely Not About Critical Race Theory.
A Column That Is Absolutely Not About Critical Race Theory. 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”) Over the roughly ninety days of March, April, and May of this year, Fox News mentioned Critical Race Theory (CRT) 1,300 times.[1] What you are reading …
Book Review, Speaking to Reconciliation, by John B. Hatch
Hatch, John B. Speaking to Reconciliation: Voices of Faith Addressing Racial and Cultural Divides (New York: Peter Lang, 2020) 184 pages. Amazon link. Reviewed by Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Center for Character Education University of Dubuque The powerful film The Apology, by Toronto director Tiffany Hsiung, traces the stories of three women, often called “comfort women,” who …
Guest Post, Nomadland’s Cardiac Geography, Christian Scholar’s Review
CCSN member Chase Mitchell critiques award-winning film, Nomadland, for Christian Scholar’s Review. https://christianscholars.com/guest-post-nomadlands…/
