Empowering the spiritual listener: An invitational approach to spirituality in the media

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Abstract

This study is an investigation into the means by which we foster spiritual communities. Formatted around a case study, it explores how local media outlets can provide a venue for sharing diverse spiritual perspectives. It is rooted in an invitational, rather than a persuasive communication paradigm, in which the goal is to explore and understand as opposed to dominate and persuade.

Author

• Mallorie Ann Bruns, Colorado State University