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Description

The goal of Essays on Communication & Spirituality is to expand students' understanding of communication theory and inquiry. The editor and contributors aim to present the beginning position of an emerging discourse in the communication field. The collection's essays explore the potential contribution of spirituality for the study of communication. They also examine and illustrate how scholarly work that is premised on such spiritual assumptions reshapes our understanding of communication. Essays on Communication & Spirituality is intended as a supplemental text for any foundational communication course that explores different understandings of communication.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Dedication
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 The Nature of Our Contribution
Chapter 4 The Co-Construction of Self and Organization: Evoking Organizational Spirituality
Chapter 5 Reframing Organizational Communication Theory and Research through Spirituality
Chapter 6 Sparring with Spirituality Issues of Entangling Spirituality and Communication
Chapter 7 Spirituality-Centered Career Theory and Practice
Chapter 8 Spirituality and Aesthetics: Embracing Narrative Theory
Chapter 9 Faith in Each Other: Encountering a Communicative Ethics
Chapter 10 Discerning How We'll Move Together through Spiritual and Communicative Practice
Chapter 11 Social Capital, Spirituality and the Value of Communication
Chapter 12 Implications of Conceptualization of Spirituality for Organizational Communication
Chapter 13 African American Women and Spirituality Advancing Our Understanding of Leadership and Organizing
Chapter 14 On the Spiritual Nature of Communication

Product details

Published Nov 08 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9780761820796
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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