Visually Speaking

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.

Jolyon P. Mitchell is a lecturer in Communication and Theology at Edinburgh University and a former BBC World Service producer.

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

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