Words and Witnesses

Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu

• Author(s): Robert Woods, Robert H. Woods, Jr., Naaman K. Wood,
• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
• Pages: 377
• ISBN_10: 1683071735
  ISBN_13: 9781683071730
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christian Theology / History , Religion / Christian Theology / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Religion / Christian Living / Personal Growth , Religion / Christian Church / History , Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues ,

Description:... 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.