What can preachers learn from the art of radio broadcasting? How can preachers develop more imaginative patterns of speaking? Jolyon Mitchell analyzes religious broadcasting in Britain and America, exploring how the speaker can create pictures with words and engage listeners in multisensory ways. This book offers theological insights and practical guidelines to enable preachers to listen and to communicate more creatively in today's media-saturated world.
What can preachers learn from the art of radio broadcasting? How can preachers develop more imaginative patterns of speaking? Jolyon Mitchell analyzes religious broadcasting in Britain and America, exploring how the speaker can create pictures with words and engage listeners in multisensory ways. This book offers theological insights and...
Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1(12) Part I -- Preaching and Radio Preaching in Crisis 13(16) Crisis in Listening 15(3) Crisis in Confidence 18(3) Crisis in Method 21(2) Conclusion 23(6) Preaching in Transformation 29(18) From Single-Camera to Multi-Camera Discourse 29(3) From Proclamatory to Conversational Discourse 32(3) From Visual to Multi-Sensory Discourse 35(5) Conclusion 40(7) Radio in Crisis 47(14) The `Death of Radio 47(2) The Renaissance of Radio 49(2) The Enduring Qualities of Radio Broadcasting 51(3) The Importance of Pictorial Language 54(2) Conclusion 56(5) Radio in Transformation 61(18) From Communal to Isolated Listening 61(2) From Single to Many Radio Choices 63(1) From Proclamation to Conversation 64(4) From Distribution to Communication 68(3) Conclusion 71(8) Part II -- Case Studies from British and American Religious Radio Radio Padre and Radio Academic 79(28) Radio Padre 80(8) Ronald Selby Wright Radio Academic 88(8) C. S. Lewis Conclusion 96(11) Thought for the Day 107(36) Radio Iconographer 109(10) Angela Tilby Radio Rabbi 119(8) Lionel Blue Conclusion 127(16) American Radio Preachers 143(34) The Singing Radio Preacher 147(5) The Athletic Radio Preacher 152(3) The Blowing Radio Preachers 155(3) The Radio Faith Healer 158(3) The Radio Prophet 161(2) Conclusion 163(14) Part III -- Translation and Embodiment The Translated Word 177(26) Distinctive Discourse 181(2) The Translation Principle 183(4) Towards a Renewed Form of Orality 187(6) From Pictorial to Experiential Orality 193(10) The Embodied Word 203(16) Word Humiliated? 204(3) Regenerating Discourse 207(2) Embodied Discourse 209(10) Talking Pictures 219(22) Listen 223(3) Picture 226(3) Translate 229(3) Edit 232(9) Bibliography 241(48) Index 289
Jolyon P. Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer in Communications, Theology, and Ethics and Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at Edinburgh University in Scotland. He is the author of Media Violence and Christian Ethics and coeditor of The Religion and Film Reader.
