Dialogic Confession: Bonhoeffer's Rhetoric of Responsibility / Edition 3

by Ronald C. Arnett, Clifford Christians (Foreword by)

Overview

In this landmark volume of contemporary communication theory, Ronald C. Arnett applies the metaphor of dialogic confession—which enables historical moments to be addressed from a confessed standpoint and through a communicative lens—to the works of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who pointed to an era of postmodern difference with his notion of "a world come of age." Arnett’s interpretations of Bonhoeffer’s life and scholarship in contention with Nazi dominance offer implications for a dialogic confession that engages the complexity of postmodern narrative contention.

Rooted in classical theory, the field of communication ethics is abstract and arguably outmoded. In Dialogic Confession: Bonhoeffer’s Rhetoric of Responsibility, Arnett locates cross-cultural and comparative anchors that not only bring legitimacy and relevance to the field but also develop a conceptual framework that will advance and inspire future scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809326419
Publisher:	Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date:	05/20/2005
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ronald C. Arnett is a professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University and past editor of the Journal of Communication and Religion. He is the author of more than one hundred articles on philosophy and communication, and the author, coauthor, or editor of seven books, including Dialogic Civility in a Cynical Age: Community, Hope, and Interpersonal Relationships; Dialogic Education: Conversations About Ideas and Between Persons; and Communication and Community: Implications of Martin Buber’s Dialogue, a winner of the Religious Speech Communication Association Book Award.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	VII
	Acknowledgments	XV
	Introduction	1
1	Confession: Pragmatic Communicative Relevance	4
2	Communicative Ground: From Dictate to Story Guidance	26
3	Attentive Response: Silence, Listening, and Meeting	50
4	The Person as Story-Formed	71
5	Story-Centered Trust: Confession "Between" Persons	92
6	A Fragile Absolute: The Faith Story in the Marketplace	114
7	A Dialogic Craftsman: Hallowing the Everyday	135
8	The Practice of Community: Communicative Habits of the Heart	155
9	Communicative Turning: Acknowledgment	178
10	Meeting the Other: Communication Ethics in a "World Come of Age"	200
	Works Cited	223
	Index	231

Editorial Reviews

Arnett’s earlierwork distinguished him as a premierscholar of the dialogic tradition andthis sophisticated volume advances his intellectual leadership to the forefront."—Clifford Christians, from the Foreword

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