Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Regent University, 2002
- M.A., Louisiana State University, 1987
- B.A., Biola University, 1982
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Biography
Dr. Marc T. Newman is an Assistant Professor at the School of Communication and the Arts at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has been a college professor for nearly 25 years. His primary academic research focus is on the rhetoric of popular American film, but he also has interest in cultural studies, the rhetoric of bioethics (particularly as it touches on reproductive technology, abortion, and euthanasia), and the rhetoric of presidential politics. Publications include:
- "Believing is Seeing: The Rhetoric of Redemptive Wager in The Polar Express." Moving Beyond the Visceral Response: Exploring and Defining the Concept of Redemptive Media. ed. Richard K. Olsen. (under review).
- "Video Clips." New International Bible Handbook of Preaching. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2008 (in press).
- “Diamonds in the Raunch: Pro-life Positions Emerge in Knocked Up and Waitress.” Catholic Exchange, June 22, 2007.
- “It's Not Just a Job, It's a Calling: The Redemption of Soldiering as Religious
- Vocation in Saving Private Ryan.” Journal of Religion and Film. October, 2006.
- "From Mars Hill to the Movies: Preaching with Cultural Icons to Engage Culture." Preaching Magazine. March/April, 2004.
- A Rhetorical Analysis of Popular American Film, Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishers, 1993.
Dr. Newman is also president of
MovieMinistry and his columns have appeared on ChristianityToday.com, Crosswalk, FoxNews.com, Catholic Exchange, Hollywood Jesus, and hundreds of other websites. Dr. Newman has appeared on
The O'Reilly Factor and he has been cited in
Time magazine,
The Sunday Glasgow Herald, the
L.A. Daily News, the
St. Petersburg Times and other international and regional publications.
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