Authentic Communication

by Muehlhoff, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780830828159
• ISBN10: 083082815X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

What could be more natural, more human, than communication? But we all learn quickly enough that good communication is not always natural. There is much to learn from Scripture and from the academic study of human communication. In this book Tim Muehlhoff and Todd Lewis are able guides, aiding us in understanding the broad field of human communication in Christian perspective.

Author Biography

Tim Muehlhoff (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) has served on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ since 1986. He is associate professor of communication at Biola University in La Mirada, California. Todd V. Lewis (Ph.D., Louisiana State) is professor of communication studies at Biola University, where he teaches courses in the history and practice of oral interpretation and has coached intercollegiate forensics.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 27
Introduction	p. 29
Understanding the Components of Communication
The Power of Human Communication	p. 37
Perspective Taking: Engaging the Views of Others	p. 49
Words! Words! Words! We Can Only Imagine	p. 66
Persuasion: Spiritual Power or Manipulation and Rhetorical Tricks?	p. 80
Applying Communication
Before the Sun Sets: Conflict and Christian Unity	p. 101
Communicating Forgiveness	p. 118
Communicating About and Evaluating the Messages of Popular Culture	p. 131
Resident Aliens: Christians as Counterpublics	p. 146
Postmodern Times and Christian Counterpublics, Part 1	p. 159
Postmodern Times and Christian Counterpublics, Part 2	p. 171
Abnormal Communication: A Christian Response to the Argument Culture	p. 181
Social Justice: Speaking for the Marginalized	p. 197
Final Thoughts	p. 212
Index	p. 215
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