RJAC_39_4_Cover.Qxp_RJAC_39_4_ 18/10/11 6:01 PM Page 1
Volume 39
Number 4
November 2011
Special Issue: Religion and Spirituality
Guest Editors: Laura Stafford and Prabu David
A Special Issue on Religion and Spirituality
Laura Stafford & Prabu David
331
RESEARCH REPORTS
Communicating Spirituality in Healthcare: A Case Study on the Role of Identity
in Religious Health Testimonies
Susan L. Kline
334
The Case for Connection: Spirituality and Social Support for Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Jennifer L. Peterson
352
Vanity vs. Gluttony: Competing Christian Discourses on Personal Health
Jenn Anderson
Journal of
APPLIED COMMUNICATION
RESEARCH
370
Negotiating the Tension Between the Discourses of Christianity and Spiritual Pluralism
in Alcoholics Anonymous
Matthew S. Thatcher
389
Mechanisms of Mindfulness in Communication Training
Daniel C. Huston, Eric L. Garland & Norman A.S. Farb
406
Faith-Based Organizational Communication and its Implications for Member Identity
Lacy G. McNamee
422
VOLUME 39
Religious Congregations and Health Information Diffusion: Implications for Viral
Marketing and Peer Referral Programs
Brian G. Southwell
444
Crisis Communication and the Underserved: The Case for Partnering with
Institutions of Faith
Kenneth A. Lachlan & Patric R. Spence
448
Religious Leaders, Mediated Authority, and Social Change
Pauline Hope Cheong
452
VOLUME CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX,
455
NOVEMBER 2011
441
NUMBER 4
Beyond Narnia: The Necessity of C.S. Lewis’ First and Second Things in Applied
Communication Research
Kathryn E. Anthony & Timothy L. Sellnow
VOLUME 39
ESSAYS
2011
JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
Journal of
APPLIED COMMUNICATION
RESEARCH
ISSN 0090-9882
NUMBER 4
NOVEMBER 2011
RJAC_39_4_Cover.Qxp_RJAC_39_4_ 19/10/11 12:24 PM Page 2
Journal of
Applied Communication Research
Editor
Laura Stafford
University of Kentucky
Editorial Assistant
Rachel D. Price
University of Kentucky
Editorial Board
Rasha A. Abdulla
The American University in Cairo
Jerry Allen
University of New Haven
Ronald Arnett
Duquesne University
Austin Babrow
Purdue University
Diane Badzinski
Colorado Christian University
Sandra Ball-Rokeach
University of Southern California
Joshua Boyd
Purdue University
Sharon Bracci
University of North Carolina –
Greensboro
Samuel Bradley
Texas Tech University
Dawn Braithwaite
University of Nebraska
Patrice M. Buzzanell
Purdue University
Dan Canary
Arizona State University
Heather Canary
Arizona State University
John P. Caughlin
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Karishma Chatterjee
University of Texas at Arlington
Ling Chen
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kenneth N. Cissna
University of South Florida
Elisia Cohen
University of Kentucky
Robert Craig
University of Colorado at Boulder
Marianne Dainton
La Salle University
Prabu David
The Ohio State University
Scott Dickmeyer
University of Wisconsin
James Price Dillard
Penn State University
John Dimmick
The Ohio State University
Debbie S. Dougherty
University of Missouri
Susan Eggly
Wayne State University,
School of Medicine
Eric M. Eisenberg
University of South Florida
Deanna L. Fassett
San Jose State University
Lauren Feldman
American University
Lawrence R. Frey
University of Colorado
at Boulder
Daena J. Goldsmith
Lewis and Clark College
Dennis D. Gouran
The Pennsylvania State University
Lynn Harter
The Ohio University
Sally Hastings
University of Central Florida
Judith Hoover
Western Kentucky University
Joel Iverson
University of Montana
Guowei Jian
Cleveland State University
Joann Keyton
North Carolina State University
Erika L. Kirby
Creighton University
Susan L. Kline
The Ohio State University
Michael W. Kramer
University of Missouri
Janice Krieger
The Ohio State University
Eun-Ju Lee
Seoul National University
Robert Littlefield
North Dakota State University
Andy J. Merolla
Colorado State University
Miriam Metzger
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Renee Ann Meyers
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Michelle Miller-Day
Penn State University
Michael Morgan
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Susan E. Morgan
Purdue University
Timothy P. Mottet
The University of Texas – Pan American
Patricia Moy
University of Washington
Dennis Mumby
University of North Carolina
Seth Noar
University of Kentucky
Todd Norton
Washington State University
Loreen Olson
University of Missouri-Columbia
Roxanne L. Parrott
Penn State University
Loretta Pecchioni
Louisiana State University
Jon Pike
Dixie State College
Carolyn Prentice
University of South Dakota
James A. Rada
Howard University
Stephen Rains
University of Arizona
Steven Ralston
Northern Illinois University
Artemio Ramirez
Arizona State University
William K. Rawlins
Ohio University
Sally Ray
Western Kentucky University
Anthony J. Roberto
The Ohio State University
Randall G. Rogan
Wake Forest University
Robert Rowland
University of Kansas
Erin Sahlstein
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Deanna Sellnow
University of Kentucky
Timothy L. Sellnow
University of Kentucky
Dhavan V. Shah
University of Wisconsin
Sandi W. Smith
Michigan State University
Dongyoung Sohn
The Ohio State University
Patric Spence
Western Michigan University
S. Shyam Sundar
The Pennsylvania State University
Sunwolf
Santa Clara University
Jessica L. Thompson
Colorado State University
Scott Titsworth
Ohio University
Paige Toller
University of Nebraska – Omaha
Paula S. Tompkins
Saint Cloud State University
Kristen P. Treinen
Minnesota State University
Kathleen S. Valde
Northern Illinois University
Steven James Venette
University of Southern Mississippi
Vincent R. Waldron
Arizona State University
John T. Warren
Southern Illinois University
Steve Wilson
Purdue Unviersity
Kim Witte
Michigan State University
Norman Wong
University of Oklahoma
Y. Connie Yuan
Cornell University
Shuangyue Zhang
Sam Houston State University
Theodore E. Zorn, Jr.
University of Waikato
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 National Communication Association. All rights reserved. No part of
this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted, or disseminated, in any form,
or by any means, without prior written permission from Taylor & Francis, to whom all
requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed, in writing. Taylor &
Francis grants authorization for individuals to photocopy copyright material for private
research use, on the sole basis that requests for such use are referred directly to the
requestor’s local Reproduction Rights Organization (RRO). The copyright fee is
$34/£21/€26 exclusive of any charge or fee levied. In order to contact your local RRO,
please contact International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO),
rue du Prince Royal, 87, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, e-mail: IPPRO@skynet.be; Copyright
Clearance Center Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA, e-mail:
info@copyright.com; Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London
W1P 0LP, UK, e-mail: cla@cla.co.uk. This authorization does not extend to any other kind
of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research
use.
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication
rights in their articles, including abstracts, to National Communication Association. This
enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of
course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as
appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which
can be found at www.tandfonline.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are
themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from
other sources.
Disclaimer: The Society (National Communication Association) and Taylor & Francis
make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained
in their publications. However, the Society and Taylor & Francis and their agents and
licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy,
completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such
representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent
permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors
and are not necessarily the views of the Editor, the Society or Taylor & Francis.
