Religion and Communication

Communications scholars explore relationships between communications and religion, linking theories of religion, theories of culture, communication theories, philosophical theories, and media theories. The topics include a comparative analysis of the relationship between religion and self-disclosure in the US and India, the effects of religiousness and religious identification on organizational dissent, deconstructing lay epistemologies of religion within health communication research, a semiotic analysis of mass mediated signifiers of race and religion in contemporary US culture, and promoting Christianity's global cultural hegemony in the post-9/11 rhetoric of Coldplay's album Viva La Vida. The anthology is not indexed. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stephen M. Croucher (PhD, University of Oklahoma) is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Jyvaskyla. He specializes in intercultural communication and religion. His work focuses on cultural adaptation, conflict, and religion. His book credits include Looking beyond the Hijab and Religious Misperceptions. He has published articles in the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, the International Journal of Conflict Management, Mass Communication and Society, Communication Studies, Communication Education, Communication Quarterly, and the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. He has edited Speaker and Gavel and the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research.
Tina M. Harris (PhD, University of Kentucky) is Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia. She is the 2011 Religious Communication Association Scholar of the Year and a University of Georgia Josiah T. Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor (2010). She has published articles in Advances in Genetics Research, Communication Education, Health Communication, The Howard Journal of Communications, International and Intercultural Communication Annual, the Journal of Intergroup Relations, and New Directions for Teaching and Learning, among others.