I’m the coordinator of a Sacred Rhetoric Conference session titled “The Last Year of Martin Luther King Jr.” Session participants will present papers about King’s rhetoric, its influence on another religious leader, a white preacher’s response to King’s assassination, etc. The conference will be May 31-June 2 at Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay, Ohio. This session is scheduled for 9:45-11:15 …
3rd Biennial Philosophy of Communication Conference June 5–7, 2017, at Duquesne University Power Center
The 3rd Biennial Philosophy of Communication Conference will be held June 5–7, 2017, at the Duquesne University Power Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme for this year’s conference centers on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition with keynote speakers addressing four content areas: (1) Philosophy of Communication and Narrative Ground, (2) Philosophy of Communication, History, and Institutions, (3) Philosophy of Communication …
New issue, Annalee Ward
Annalee Ward, ARWard@dbq.edu New issue The newest issue of the journal, Character and . . . is out! Please feel free to download, use in a class, link to it, or just read it. Character and . . .Courageous Compassion is a faculty research team project at the University of Dubuque which focuses on issues of immigration and the Other. …
CFP for Black Female Religious Public Intellectuals
NeMLA 2017: Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Since the nineteenth century, Black female public intellectuals have called attention to and protested against the discrimination of African American women on the basis of their race, class, and gender, and particularly in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, their sexual orientation. Drawing on their spiritual authority, many …
Advocating with God and for Neighbor
Video presentation by Quentin Schultze. Video link: http://quentinschultze.com/advocate-with-god-for-neighbor/ Password: video Description: One of the most amazing aspects of human communication is that people can employ the gift of communication on behalf of others. We can “advocate” for others, just as Jesus Christ advocates to the Father on our behalf. We are called to advocate for those who are in need, …
Taking Risks Wisely
Video presentation by Quentin Schultze. Video link: http://quentinschultze.com/take-wise-risks-communication/. Password: video Description: uman communication is a risky business. Since we can’t guarantee the outcome of any discourse, we risk miscommunication and worse. We risk making fools of ourselves, relational destruction, and isolation. But we also risk some of the most glorious of outcomes: flourishing in community with God, neighbor, and self. …
Speaking Only to Improve Upon the Silence
Video presentation by Quentin Schultze. Link to video: http://quentinschultze.com/purpose-human-communication/ Password: video Description: Silence. How can we text silence? Speak it? Hear it? Here’s the irony: Without silence, we can’t hear or attend to reality. We end up hearing ourselves in endless loops. Silence is a form of hospitality. It’s an invitation, especially to God, to be present with us–or at …
Remote Virtue, A “How To” for Intentional Christian Viewing
Presenter and Affiliation: Jen Letherer, Spring Arbor University. Presentation Title: “Remote Virtue, A ‘How To’ for Intentional Christian Viewing” Date: 11/16/15 Time: 8:00-9:00 pm, EST Description: Visual Literacy is essential because viewer discretion is always advised. We all know that the moving images we see in films and television programs impact us. So why have we not developed the tools …
Kenneth Burke and Celebrity Hierarchy (2015)
Motivations for Reading the Left Behind Book Series: A Uses and Gratifications Analysis Introduction Religious fiction includes “novels about clergy and religion as well as novels of personal salvation” (Henry, 1995, p. 244) and is a genre that has morphed into various distinct categories, such as romance, apocalyptic fiction, or apocalyptic narratives. The sixteen-book series known as Left Behind, which …
Reforming Hollywood: How Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies
Reforming Hollywood from Calvin College Media Production on Vimeo.
