Authentic Communication
Authentic Communication

Authentic Communication

Christian Speech Engaging Culture

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Part of the Christian Worldview Integration Series Whether setting about to love our neighbor, to settle a dispute, to share in the suffering of others or to speak up on behalf of the marginalized, we inevitably must engage in communication. And what could be more natural, more human, than communication? But we all learn quickly enough that communication is not always natural. There is much to learn from Scripture and from the academic study of human communication. Tim Muehlhoff and Todd Lewis are able guides, aiding us in understanding the broad field of human communication in Christian perspective. Here they offer readers a vital assessment of the power of words, perspective-taking, persuasion and conflict management--all in an effort to improve our abilities to communicate forgiveness and shape the world we live in for the good. Special attention is focused on the place of Christians as counterpublics--those who offer alternative perspectives to the dominant voices in society.
ISBN: 9780830879465
Producer: InterVarsity Press
Weight: 0.001kg
Binding: Digital delivered electronically
File size: 1.4MB
Release Date: 25.03.2010
Language: English

Book contents

Series Preface: Importance of Integration--J. P. Moreland & Francis Beckwith Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Power of Human Communication 2 Perspective-Taking: Engaging the Views of Others 3 Words! Words! Words!: We Can Only Imagine 4 Persuasion: Spiritual Power or Manipulation and Rhetorical Tricks? 5 Before the Sun Sets: Conflict and Christian Unity 6 Communicating Forgiveness 7 Communicating About and Evaluating the Messages of Popular Culture 8 Resident Aliens: Christians as Counterpublics 9 Postmodern Times and Christian Counterpublics (Part 1) 10 Postmodern Times and Christian Counterpublics (Part 2) 11 Abnormal Communication: A Christian Response to the Argument Culture 12 Social Justice: Speaking for the Marginalized Final Thoughts

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Tim Muehlhoff
Tim Muehlhoff (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a professor of communication at Biola University in La Mirada, California, where he teaches classes in family communication, interpersonal communication, persuasion, and gender. He is the author of and , and the coauthor of and . Muehlhoff and his wife, Noreen, are frequent speakers at FamilyLife Marriage Conferences, and he has served with Campus Crusade since 1986. They live in Brea, California, with their three boys.
Todd Lewis
Todd Lewis (Ph.D., Louisiana State) is professor of communication studies at Biola University, where he teaches courses in history and practice of oral interpretation and has coached intercollegiate forensics.