Communicating for Life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media (RenewedMinds)
Easily the best presentation I know of a Christian perspective on communication and the media. It raises questions where most of us just take things for granted, and issues challenges where most of us just go along. Though deeply informed in both the Christian tradition and contemporary discussions on the media, it nonetheless wears its learning with extraordinary grace and vividness of rhetoric. -Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale Divinity SchoolThis high-torque book engages your mind and invigorates your spirit. The theory of symbolic action is a splendid achievement. It catches hold of Augustine, Burke, Elliot, and contemporary cultural studies but is distinctive with shalom. The problems and stories are stunning in themselves-from across history and around the globe. Quentin Schultze sets the standard for all work henceforth in the theology of communication. -Clifford Christians, University of IllinoisNow there is a book written from an explicitly Christian perspective, and one thing is clear: Never again can religious beliefs and values be relegated to the intellectual sidelines. To study human communication is to be immersed in questions of the most profound religious significance. -Martin J. Medhurst, Texas A&M; UniversityIn this discerning introduction to communication theory, Quentin Schultze guides readers through an interesting, creative, and spiritual study of communication. Thoroughly based in a Christian worldview, Communicating for Life explores the implications of individual human communication and the influence of communication on community.Quentin J. Schultze is professor of communication arts and sciences at Calvin College. A nationally known communications expert, he is the author or editor of several books, including Internet for Christians and Dancing in the Dark: Youth, Popular Culture, and the Electronic Media.