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, …
Job Announcement, Online Adjunct Faculty, Public Relations, Bushnell University
Bushnell University seeks qualified faculty to teach entirely online Public Relations classes beginning with the Spring 2022 term. Classes meet asynchronously via Moodle for seven weeks. Specific needs for Spring 2022 include two upper division classes: Strategic Communication, and Mass Media Law and Ethics. This position requires a strong commitment to multiculturalism and diversity. Candidates must have a vibrant and …
Job Announcement, Online Adjunct Faculty, Communication Theory, Bushnell University
Bushnell University seeks qualified faculty to teach an entirely online upper division Survey of Communication Theory class in the Spring 2022 term. The class meets asynchronously via Moodle for seven weeks. Course description: A comprehensive examination of the enduring major theoretical work done in different areas of the Communication field, including relationships, persuasion and social influence, group and organizational behavior, …
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/
New Book, Seeking Communion as Healing Dialogue, by Margaret Mullan
Seeking Communion as Healing Dialogue: Gabriel Marcel’s Philosophy for Today by Margaret Mullan East Stroudsburg State University [May be available from other sellers at lower prices] [From Amazon: “Seeking Communion as Healing Dialogue: Gabriel Marcel’s Philosophy for Today discusses society’s problems with interpersonal communication, arguing that these issues are more deeply rooted in problems in being. Margaret M. Mullan draws …
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 …
Lakelyn Taylor, CCSN Graduate Fellow
Meet Lakelyn E. Taylor, CCSN’s first-ever Graduate Fellow. Lakelyn is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in strategic communication in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida. Her research interests lie at the intersection of religion and ethics in risk, crisis, and instructional communication contexts. Lakelyn will be assisting CCSN with research and writing projects, …
Teaching Students to Lead Thriving Small Groups, with Ryan Hartwig
Presenter: Ryan Hartwig, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Communication, Colorado Christian University Title: Teaching Students to Lead Thriving Small Groups Date: Wednesday, September 15, 6-7 pm EST. Description: Blending insights developed from a study of hundreds of small group members and leaders (as presented in Leading Small Groups That Thrive, Zondervan, 2020) and experiences gained from years teaching transformative small …
