I am organizing an NCA panel discussion to be submitted to either the Political Communication Division or the Religious Communication Association on the topic of religion and religious communication in the 2016 election campaigns. Because I’m proposing a panel discussion, as opposed to a paper session, I will not need to provide individual presentation abstracts. However, I would like to …
Call for Papers, NCA/RCA 2016: Rhetoric, Religion, and Social Justice, Steven Tramel Gaines
I hope to submit a paper session proposal to the Religious Communication Association for the National Communication Association convention to be held November 10-13 in Philadelphia or the RCA conference to be held November 9, also in Philadelphia. The session’s theme is rhetoric, religion, and social justice. Possible topics include but are not limited to social justice rhetoric in religious …
Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006
A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. One of several bills on “network neutrality” proposed as part of a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Resource Link: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr5417
Theater Development, Theater Curriculum Consultation
Dr. Patton is Professor of Communication, Spring Arbor University, and Founder of one of this country’s earliest Christian playhouses, Trinity House Theater. A pastor until the age of 40, he ministered in the Detroit area at Trinity Church in Livonia. While a youth pastor at Trinity, Paul founded Trinity House Theater in 1981. His graduate degrees are in counseling and …
