Abstract
Teaching COMM 135 Communication and Public Speaking from a biblical worldview is critical to the Southern University student body. This paper discusses various strategies to provide a biblical foundation in the course that has secular humanistic thought and philosophies at its core. This worldview is a seamless, often unconscious stream of biblical inclusion throughout the semester. Successfully integrating the basic biblical foundation principle of God’s interpersonal communication with humanity within Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for the course is not only possible but essential within the biblical foundation paradigm. Wood’s (2016) eight axioms/principles of Interpersonal Communication provide a foundation upon which to link biblical foundation principles. At the heart of these principles is not merely preparing students in basic communication techniques and rhetoric but a deeper training for communicating their beliefs via various verbal and non-verbal strategies.
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Joiner, Victoria EdD
(2025)
"The Communication and Public Speaking Course and Biblical Foundations – Interpersonal Encounters with The Creator,"
The Journal of Biblical Foundations of Faith and Learning: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/jbffl/vol4/iss1/3
