Prophetic Witness and the Transformation of Worldviews

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

In critiquing mass media, religious and secular scholars alike seek to challenge the mainstream, offering a transformative vision of the future. In other words, they seek to cultivate the practice of prophetic witness. The idea of the prophetic is a central element in religious thought, and may be employed from a confessional perspective. But it also provides common ground for religious and secular critiques of media, cutting across the lines of faith, intellect, and ethics.

Sub Unit

• Critical and Cultural Studies Division

Chair

• Pat Arneson, Duquesne University

Respondent

• Clifford G. Christians, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Robert H. Woods, Spring Arbor University

• Paul D. Patton, Spring Arbor University

• Kevin Healey, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Session Organizer

• Robert H. Woods, Spring Arbor University