Words and Witnesses
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Words and Witnesses

Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu

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Words and Witnesses

Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu

About this book

How should Christians address specific problems, controversies, and crises in communication today? By looking at influential Christian thinkers throughout history, we can identify wisdom that enriches us today in practical ways.

Words and Witnesses explores various influential Christian thinkers and theologians from across church history in order to expand our contemporary conversations in communication studies and media theory. Individual chapters written by contributing scholars focus on major Christian thinkers, starting with Athanasius, St. Augustine, and John Chrysostom, moving through the Middle Ages to address figures such as Anselm, Nicholas of Cusa, Teresa of Lisieux, and arriving in the present with reflections on the work of John Howard Yoder, C. S. Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Kuyper, and Desmond Tutu, among others.

Each chapter delves into how the contemporary church, and scholars of media, can turn to these influential Christian thinkers as resources for addressing specific problems in communication today. By analyzing church practices, doctrine, and biblical texts this book provides the church with resources and inspiration to communicate in distinctly Christian ways.

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Contributors
  4. Foreword
  5. IntroductionCommunication Studies and Christian Thought in Conversation: From Past to Present
  6. P A R T O N EEarly Church and Medieval Christian Thinkers and Theologians
  7. CHAPTER 1Justin Martyr: Articulating a “Faithful Witness” in Public and Political Life
  8. CHAPTER 2Saint Irenaeus of Lyon: Encouraging Patience in Learning and Humility within Christian Community
  9. CHAPTER 3Saint Athanasius of Alexandria: Communicating Creatively, Clearly, and with a Prophetic Voice to Hostile Audiences
  10. CHAPTER 4Gregory of Nyssa: Reimagining a Historical Narrative to Help Confront Institutional Oppression
  11. CHAPTER 5Saint Augustine of Hippo: Embracing the Practical Wisdom of Incarnate Communication in a Digital World
  12. CHAPTER 6Saint Benedict of Nursia: Learning to Live Well with Others in a World of Contradictions
  13. CHAPTER 7Saint Anselm of Canterbury: Cultivating Solemnity and Humility by Observing How Words Function
  14. CHAPTER 8John of Salisbury: Relying on a Tradition of Dialogue and Ethics as a Model of Education for a Post-Christian World
  15. CHAPTER 9Saint Angela of Foligno: Evangelizing through Kataphatic, or Realistic, Rhetoric
  16. P A R T T W ORenaissance, Reformation, and Early Modern Christian Thinkers and Theologians
  17. CHAPTER 10Nicholas of Cusa: Sharing Ordinary Things to Bridge “Knowledge Gaps”
  18. CHAPTER 11Martin Luther: Avoiding the Use of “Othering” to Construct Christian Self-Identity in a Pluralistic Society
  19. CHAPTER 12Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Embodying Civility in Contentious Times
  20. CHAPTER 13Archbishop Thomas Cranmer: Unifying and Reconciling through the Book of Common Prayer
  21. CHAPTER 14Menno Simons: Engaging Interpersonal Confrontation and Avoidance for Organizational Integrity
  22. CHAPTER 15John Calvin: Practicing Divine Accommodation to Manifest God’s Love
  23. CHAPTER 16Margaret Fell: Championing the Feminine Voice for Advocacy and Change
  24. CHAPTER 17Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon: Nurturing Attentive Silence as a Counterpractice for a Digital Age
  25. CHAPTER 18John Wesley: Bearing Witness through Divine Gift, Sacred Choice, and Embodied Action
  26. CHAPTER 19Hans Nielsen Hauge: Offering a Prescription for Social Change
  27. CHAPTER 20William Carey: Adapting Messages to Audiences as a Redemptive Communication Strategy
  28. CHAPTER 21Søren Kierkegaard: Using Indirect Communication Strategies to Challenge the Complacent
  29. CHAPTER 22Alexander Campbell: Crusading for Pacifism and Abolition in a Time of War and Slavery
  30. CHAPTER 23John Henry Newman: Persuading through a Holistic Rhetoric of Belief
  31. CHAPTER 24Catherine Booth: Disturbing the Present to Promote Gender Equality
  32. CHAPTER 25Saint ThÊrèse of Lisieux: Demonstrating Hospitality to Difficult People in Practical Ways
  33. CHAPTER 26Walter Rauschenbusch: Providing a Road Map for Social Critique
  34. CHAPTER 27Abraham Kuyper: Rejecting Approaches That Blur Epistemic, Academic, and Theological Boundaries
  35. P A R T T H R E EModern and Contemporary Christian Thinkers and Theologians
  36. CHAPTER 28Charles M. Sheldon: Promoting Accuracy and Advocacy in an Age of Constantly Competing Voices
  37. CHAPTER 29C. S. Lewis: Constructing Relational Messages to Steal Past Prejudices against Christians
  38. CHAPTER 30Thomas Merton: Rediscovering Communication as a Message of Love for Communion
  39. CHAPTER 31Martin Luther King Jr.: Loving Your Enemies by Developing “Agape in the Soul”
  40. CHAPTER 32Reinhold Niebuhr: Placing Reason and Revelation in Historical Dialogue
  41. CHAPTER 33Frank Sheed: Initiating Dialogue about Belief
  42. CHAPTER 34Hans Urs von Balthasar: “Kneeling Rhetoric” in Dark Times
  43. CHAPTER 35Jacques Ellul: Communicating Wisely with Hospitable Resistance in a Technological World
  44. CHAPTER 36John Howard Yoder: Advocating Patient Proclamation through the Use of Middle Axioms
  45. CHAPTER 37Carl F. H. Henry: Indicting Evangelical Inaction on Social Problems
  46. CHAPTER 38Chiara Lubich: Mediating Unity and Love
  47. CHAPTER 39Desmond Tutu: Communicating Forgiveness through Ubuntu
  48. CHAPTER 40Walter Brueggemann: Confronting the Dominant Culture through Prophetic Imagination
  49. CHAPTER 41Peter Kreeft: Perspective-Taking to Promote Religious Dialogue
  50. CHAPTER 42James H. Cone: Analyzing Public Symbols to Expose Social Injustices
  51. CHAPTER 43Stanley Hauerwas: Using Narrative as the Catalyst and Context for Moral Reasoning in Faith Communities
  52. Endorsements