An essay
by Dr. Michael Eidenmuller, assistant professor
of speech communication, was published in the Journal of Communication
and Religion, Vol. 25 (2002).
Titled “Amerian
Evangelicalism, Democracy, and Civic Piety: A Computer-Based Stylistic
Analysis of Promise Keepers’ Stadium Event and Washington
D.C. Rally Discourses,’’ the essay argues that civic
piety plays a positive, though limited role in American evangelicalism’s
attempt to negotiate the rhetorical parameters of civil-religious
discourse. A computer-based stylistic analysis examined 151 speeches
by Promise Keepers delivered in 1997. Cross-comparisons were made
with a large sample (n=2000) of political discourse and a smaller
sample (n=700) of mainline religious sermons delivered over a
50-year period in the United States.
(note to readers, above is a corrected version)
Dr. Paula
Lundberg-Love, professor of psychology, presented a workshop
for the East Texas Network for Children 14th Annual Conference
Sept. 10 at Tyler’s Marvin United Methodist Church. The
"Current Trends in Psychopharmacology" conference was
attended by area mental health professionals, foster care agencies
and foster parents.
