Unity in Response to Mystery: Uniting Diverse Views to Plan Worship.
Churches as organizations must engage in communicative practices that forge unity in worship while confronting varying individual and sub-group desires and values. Invoking the mystery of faith is translated by church members into specific, weekly decisions and activities. Key communication principl...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Communication & Religion Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 62 - 93 |
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Religious Communication Association
Mar2009
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