(from the website) “Listening places religious inquiry right where it belongs today: center stage in human affairs and in an interdisciplinary context. We can expect the journal to bring lively vigor and insight to pressing issues. Organized around themes, each issue offers pluralistic, multidisciplinary discussions with concern to deepen understanding and prepare ground for change.” – Patricia Huntington, Professor of …
The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul
This 50 minute documentary features the thought of Jacques Ellul with respect to technology. The documentary includes interviews in French with Ellul, with English subtitles. Resource Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IoQOJ0SfY
Starting Points for a Theology of Communication
The chart appears on p. 70, chapter 9, of Bluck’s book. The core of the diagram is built around 5 key concepts: 1) dialogue, 2) content, 3) intention, 4) form, and 5) outcome. This is a detailed and useful chart for researchers and teachers alike. It provides starting points for sketching one’s own theology of communication, and presenting others with …
Visiting Instructor of Communication and Assistant Debate Coach at Pepperdine University
The Communication Division invites applications for one-year Visiting Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor in communication. An M.A. degree in Communication or similar field is mandatory, while a Ph.D. is preferred. Responsibilities may include teaching courses primarily in rhetoric and persuasion, communication theory, communication research and intercultural communication. The candidate should be experienced in debate and able to lead/co-lead Pepperdine’s British …
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 …
