Peer reviews are calling God Talk: The Problem of Divine-Human Communication a landmark publication in the field of religious communication research. The volume brings together ten essays from seasoned and younger scholars that address the question: Should researchers allow the possibility that God communicates? Rather than argue the existence of God, however, contributors describe how they conduct methodologically sound research and analysis that accounts for informants’ belief that God communicates while balancing their own beliefs. Though all agree that the communicative effects of informants’ belief in divine communication is a legitimate field of inquiry, contributors argue for diverse views on whether researchers should bracket off or affirm informants’ religious claims. Theologians and philosophers have long debated whether God speaks to human beings. However, God Talk: The Problem of Divine-Human Communication is the first book to address the subject from the disciplinary perspective of communication studies. As such, the volume will be highly relevant to readers with interests in communication studies, the social sciences, the sociology and anthropology of religion and culture, theology, and religious studies.weiterlesen