The Rhetoric of Christian Cultural Engagement

How does language change people at all levels? Identity, faith, reality, what cultural engagement is, what the Bible is and who God is--all these things we get a handle on through the language we use.

I had the privilege of interviewing two professional rhetoricians who are both committed Christians and influential in their field. Camille Lewis and Mark Steiner are both concerned about the language that the Church uses and how the Church has neglected to think deeply about the way it engages culture rhetorically.

Dr. Lewis is a part of Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, S.C., and Dr. Steiner is a part of Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church in Suffolk, VA.

You can listen to the interview, download the mp3 or watch the video below.

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Here are the videos, in four parts:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Mentioned in the Interview

Dr. Lewis’s blog

Kenneth Burke at Wikipedia

“The Manhattan Declaration”

Rhetoric at Wikipedia