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Positive deconstruction
Positive deconstruction, in relation to Christian apologetics, is a term first used by Nick Pollard in Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult (drawing on Dr. David Cook), to describe a methodology for engaging with worldviews in Christian apologetics. The process is one of deconstruction because it involves 'dismantling' the worldview in order to identify areas of conflict with a Christian worldview. It is positive because the intention is not to destroy a person's ideas and belief system, but to build on areas of agreement between the two worldviews in order to argue for the truth of the Christian worldview.
Pollard identifies four key aspects:
Tony Watkins develops this in relation to film in Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema. He aims to make the positive deconstruction process more accessible, and accordingly re-labels the four aspects of the process (pp. 31–45):
Communication Aspects to benefit Positive Deconstrusction
Communication is human interaction, the transfer of information, effect or influence, mutual understanding, community and culture (Craig, 2017). Without understanding the communication aspect of how we transfer information, we will never be able to clearly communicate or understand others and how they are communicating. When it comes to the art of communicating there is a term used called communication competence. We will never be able to reach the goal of coming to an understanding with worldviews and Christian worldview if communication competence is not being achieved.
Communication competence is when communication achieves two fundamental properties: effectiveness (meeting our goals in a conversation) and appropriateness (maintaining situational rules or expectations (Canary et.al). Competent communication includes a range of abilities, including empathy, interaction management, responsibility, and involvement (Aune, Levine, Park, Asada, Banas, 2005; Spitzberg & Cupach, 1989).
Interpersonal communication can be defined as the exchange of symbols, including verbal and nonverbal representations of ideas, emotions. objects or events, used at least in part in the joint pursuit of interpersonal goals (Canary et.al) Bergen (1985) identified symbols as "behaviors that are typically sent with an intent, used with regularity among members of a social community, and have consensually recognizable interpretations." The whole point of communicating to the degree in which to come to a sort of consensus the goal is to primarily communicate Christian worldview and understand and reason with the individual and their point of view without having to cause offense or frustration. Interpersonal goal is something one person wants to achieve that is linked to another person, thoughts, feelings or actions. The more specific the goal, the clearer it tends to become and the more motivated, in general, an individual will be to achieve it (Canary et.al)
Three types of interpersonal goals:
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Positive deconstruction
Positive deconstruction, in relation to Christian apologetics, is a term first used by Nick Pollard in Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult (drawing on Dr. David Cook), to describe a methodology for engaging with worldviews in Christian apologetics. The process is one of deconstruction because it involves 'dismantling' the worldview in order to identify areas of conflict with a Christian worldview. It is positive because the intention is not to destroy a person's ideas and belief system, but to build on areas of agreement between the two worldviews in order to argue for the truth of the Christian worldview.
Pollard identifies four key aspects:
Tony Watkins develops this in relation to film in Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema. He aims to make the positive deconstruction process more accessible, and accordingly re-labels the four aspects of the process (pp. 31–45):
Communication Aspects to benefit Positive Deconstrusction
Communication is human interaction, the transfer of information, effect or influence, mutual understanding, community and culture (Craig, 2017). Without understanding the communication aspect of how we transfer information, we will never be able to clearly communicate or understand others and how they are communicating. When it comes to the art of communicating there is a term used called communication competence. We will never be able to reach the goal of coming to an understanding with worldviews and Christian worldview if communication competence is not being achieved.
Communication competence is when communication achieves two fundamental properties: effectiveness (meeting our goals in a conversation) and appropriateness (maintaining situational rules or expectations (Canary et.al). Competent communication includes a range of abilities, including empathy, interaction management, responsibility, and involvement (Aune, Levine, Park, Asada, Banas, 2005; Spitzberg & Cupach, 1989).
Interpersonal communication can be defined as the exchange of symbols, including verbal and nonverbal representations of ideas, emotions. objects or events, used at least in part in the joint pursuit of interpersonal goals (Canary et.al) Bergen (1985) identified symbols as "behaviors that are typically sent with an intent, used with regularity among members of a social community, and have consensually recognizable interpretations." The whole point of communicating to the degree in which to come to a sort of consensus the goal is to primarily communicate Christian worldview and understand and reason with the individual and their point of view without having to cause offense or frustration. Interpersonal goal is something one person wants to achieve that is linked to another person, thoughts, feelings or actions. The more specific the goal, the clearer it tends to become and the more motivated, in general, an individual will be to achieve it (Canary et.al)
Three types of interpersonal goals: