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ERIC Number: EJ364699
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Fundamentalism, Relativism, and Commitment.
Duffy, Bernard K.
Communication Education, v36 n4 p403-09 Oct 1987
Responds to Barry Brummett's criticism of a previous article by the author suggesting techniques for dealing with fundamentalist Christian students in speech classes. Considers the merits of Brummett's counter proposal and suggests that public speaking courses should not aim to convert absolutist students to relativism but teach them to adapt their arguments. (NKA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Intellectual Freedom, Liberal Arts, Persuasive Discourse, Public Speaking, Religion, Student Rights, Teacher Response, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Audience Awareness; Relativism; Religious Freedom; Religious Fundamentalism; Rhetorical Stance; Speech Communication Education
Note: Special Issue: Censorship in Communication Education.