Selected Publications

Muehlhoff, T., Langer, R., & Woods R.H. (Eds.) (2022). Conviction, Civility, and Christian Witness. Special edition, Christian Scholar’s Review.

Badzinski, D.M., Woods, R.H., & Nelson, C.M. (2022, in press). Content analysis in religious studies. In Michael Stausberg, Steven Engler (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion, 2nd Edition (pp. 180-193). New York: Routledge.

Pettigrew, J., & Woods Jr., Eds. (2022, in press). Professing Christ: Reclaiming Christian Tradition and Faith-learning Integration in Public Universities (Integratio Press) (Foreword by Mark Noll)

Patton, P.D., & Woods Jr., R.H (2021). Everyday Sabbath: How to Lead Your Dance with Media and Technology in Sacred and Mindful Ways (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books).

Healey, K., & Woods Jr., R.H. (2019). Ethics and Religion in the Age of Social Media: Digital Proverbs for Responsible Citizens. New York: Routledge (Religious Communication Book of the Year Award Winner, 2020).

Woods, R.H., & Wood, N.K. (Eds.) (2018). Words and Witnesses: Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu. (Boston: Hendrickson Publishing).

Healey, K., & Woods, R.H. (2017). “Processing Is Not Judgment, Storage Is Not Memory: A Critique of Silicon Valley’s Moral Catechism.” Journal of Media Ethics, 32(1), 2-15.

Christians, C.G., Fackler, M., Richardson, K.B., Kreshel, P.J., & Woods, R.H. (2016). Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (10th ed). New York: Routledge.

Woods, R.H., & Healey, K. (Eds.) (2013). Prophetic Critique and Popular media: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Woods Jr., R.H. (Ed.) (2013). Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture: Pop Goes the Gospel (3 volumes). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishing. Foreword by Mark A. Noll.

Morgan, T.N., Hampton, C.A., Davenport, S.A., Young, E.S., Badzinski, D.M., Richardson, K. B., & Woods, R.H. (2012). Sacred symbols with a secular beat?: A content analysis of religious and sexual imagery in modern rock, hip-hop, Christian, and country music videos. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 24(3), 432-448.

Woods, R.H., Badzinski, D., Harden Fritz, J, & Yeates, S.E. (2012). Characteristics of the “ideal professor” in Christian higher education: The effects of gender on student perceptions of the ideal professor. Christian Higher Education, 11(3), 158-176.

Jindra, I.W. Woods, R.H. Badzinski, D.M., & Paris, J. (2012). Gender, Religiosity, and the Telling of Christian Conversion Narratives, The Journal for the Sociological Integration of Religion and Society, 2(1), 1-23.

Christians, C.G., Fackler, M., Richardson, K.B., Kreshel, P.J., & Woods, R.H. (2011). Media ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (9th ed). Boston: Allyn Bacon.

Nelson, C., & Woods, R.H. (2011). Content analysis in religious studies. In Michael Stausberg, Steven Engler (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion (pp. 109-121). New York: Routledge.

Woods, R.H., & Patton. P.D. (2011). “Faithful Criticism of Popular Media Technologies,” in Christian Reflections, Virtual Lives, 29-36.

Woods, R.H., & Patton, P.D. (2010). Prophetically Incorrect: A Christian Introduction to Media Criticism. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press.

Hirdes, W., Woods, R.H., & Badzinski, D. (2009). A content analysis of Jesus Merchandise. Journal of Media and Religion, 8(3), 1-17.

Woods, R.H., & Baker, J.D. (2009). The pedagogy of social development in online learning. In Rogers, P.L., Berg, G.A., Boettecher, J.V., Howard, C., Justice, L., & Schenk, K.D. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning (2nd ed., pp. 1620-1627).

Schultze, Q.J., & Woods, R.H. (Eds.) (2008). Understanding Evangelical media: The Changing Face of Christian Communication. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Schultze, Q.J., & Woods, R.H. (2008). Getting the Conversation Going (chpt. 1). In Schultze, Q.J., & Woods, R. H. (Eds.), Understanding Evangelical Media: The Changing Face of Christian Communication. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Woods, R.H. (2008). Contemporary Worship Music: From Hymns to Hip Hop (chpt. 9). In Schultze, Q.J., & Woods, R.H. (Eds.), Understanding Evangelical Media: The Changing Face of Christian Communication. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Woods, R.H. (2008). Conclusion: Being Fairly Self-critical about Evangelical Media (pp. 282-287). In Schultze, Q.J., & Woods, R.H. (Eds.), Understanding Evangelical media: The Changing Face of Christian Communication. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Christians, C.G., Fackler, M., Richardson, K.B., Kreshel, P.J., & Woods, R.H. (2008). Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (8th ed). Boston: Allyn Bacon.

Woods Jr., R.H. (2008). “Communication, Media, and Identity: A Christian Theory of Communication,” book review of Communication, Media, and Identity, by Robert S. Fortner. Journal of Media and Religion, 7(03), pp. 190-194.

Woods, R.H., & Ebersole, S. (2007). Motivations for viewing reality television: A uses and gratifications analysis. Southwestern Journal of Mass Communication, 23(1), 23-42.

Woods, R.H., & Walrath, B.D. (Eds.) (2007). The Message in the Music: Studying Contemporary Praise and Worship. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.

Woods, R.H., & Walrath, B.D. (Eds.) (2007). Introduction. In R.H. Woods & B.D. Walrath (Eds.), The Message in the Music: Studying Contemporary Praise and Worship. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.

Woods, R.H., Walrath, B.D., & Badzinski, D. (2007). Kerygma, koinonia, leitourgia: CWM that models the purpose of the Church (chpt. 6). In R.H. Woods & B.D. Walrath (Eds), The Message in the Music: Studying Contemporary Praise and Worship. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.

Woods, R.H., Badzinski, D., & Baker, J. (2007). Student perceptions of blended learning in a traditional undergraduate environment. In A. G. Picciano & C. D. Dziuban, Blended Learning: Research Perspectives (pp. 203-230). The Sloan Consortium.

Woods, R.H., & Baker, J. (2007). Online communication and social engagement. In Goran D. Putnik & Maria Manuela Cunha (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations. Hershey, PA: Idea Reference Group.

Reynolds, R., Woods, R.H., & Baker, J. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of Electronic Surveys and Measurements. Hershey, PA: Idea Reference Group.

Woods, R.H., (2006). Chapter XLII: Instrument profile: Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24). In R. Reynolds, R.H. Woods, & J. Baker (Eds.), Handbook of Electronic Surveys and Measurements (pp. 320-322). Hershey, PA: Idea Reference Group.

Christians, C.G., Fackler, M., Rotzoll, K.B., McKee, K.B., & Woods, Jr., R.H. (2005). Media ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (7th ed). Boston: Allyn Bacon.

Bohus, S., Woods, R.H., & Chan, C. (2005). Factors contributing to the psychological sense of community on religious collegiate campuses in the Christian Evangelical tradition. Christian Higher Education, 4(1), 19-40.

Walrath, B.D., & Woods, R.H. (2005). Free Methodist worship in America: An historical-critical analysis. Wesleyan Theological Journal, 40(1), 208-228

Woods, R.H., & Baker, J.D. (2005). The pedagogy of social development in online learning. In Patricia L. Rodgers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning: Distance Learning Technologies and Applications (vol. 1) (pp. 1480-1487). Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc.

Alban, D.H., Woods, R.H., & Daigle-Williamson, M. (2005). The writings of William Carey: Journalism as mission in a modern age. Mission Studies: Journal of the International Association for Mission Studies, 22(1), 85-113.

Knight, D.A., Woods, R.H., & Jindra, I. (2005). Gender and Christian conversion narratives: The relationship between gender and how one communicates his or her Christian conversion narrative. Review of Religious Research, 47(2), 113-134.

Moore-Jumonville, R., & Woods Jr., R.H. (2005). A role-taking theory of praying the Psalms: Using the Psalms as a model for structuring the life of prayer. McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry, 6, 81-112.

Woods, R. H., Jindra, M., & Baker, J.D. (2004). The audience responds to The Passion. In S. Brent Plate (Ed.), Re-Viewing the Passion: Mel Gibson’s Film and its Critics (pp. 163-180). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Woods, R.H., & Baker, J.D. (2004). Interaction and immediacy in online learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 5(2), Available at http://www.irrodl.org/ content/v5.2/index.html.

Baker, J.B., & Woods, R.H. (2004). Immediacy, cohesiveness, and the online classroom. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 15(2), 133-151.

Woods, R.H., Baker, J.B., & Hopper, D. (2004). Hybrid structures: Faculty use and perception of web-based courseware as a supplement to face-to-face instruction. The Internet and Higher Education, 7(4), 281-297.

Woods, R.H., & Ebersole, S. (2003). Using non-subject matter specific discussion board to build connectedness in online learning. American Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), 99-118.

Woods, R.H., & Ebersole, S. (2003). Becoming a communal architect in the online classroom: Integrating cognitive and affective learning for maximum effect in web-based education. Journal of Distance Learning, 7(1), 52-67.

Woods, R.H., & Ebersole, S. (2003). Social networks in the online classroom: Foundations of effective online learning. E-Journal, 12/13(1), Available at: http://www.ucalgary.ca/ejournal/ archive/v12-13/v12-13n1Contents.html.

Woods, R.H., & Moore-Jumonville, R. (2003). A Role Taking Theory of Praying the Psalms: Using the Psalms as a Model for Structuring the Life of Prayer, Journal of Biblical Studies, 3(2), http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org/issue7.htm

Woods, R., & Ebersole, S. (2003). Becoming a Communal Architect in the Online Classroom – Integrating Cognitive and Affective Learning for Maximum Effect in Web-Based Learning. The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 6(1), http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ ojdla/spring2003/woods61.html.

Woods, R.H., & Ebersole, S. (2003). “Online Again, Offline Again Relationships — Connecting for Success in the Virtual Classroom.” [Book Chapter]. In J. Baker, et al. eds., The Online Learning Guide. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Woods, R.H. (2002). How Much Communication is Enough in Online Courses?—Exploring the Relationship Between Frequency of Instructor-initiated Personal Email and Learners’ Perceptions of and Participation in Online Learning.”  International Journal of Instructional Media, 29(4), 377-394.

Ebersole, S., & Woods, R.H. (2001, Winter). Virtual Community: Koinonia or Compromise?: Theological Implications of Community in Cyberspace. Christian Scholars Review, 31(2), 185-216.

Woods, R.H., & Keeler, J. (2001, November). The effect of instructor’s use of audio e-mail messages on student participation in and perceptions of online learning: A preliminary case study. Open Learning, 16(3), 263-278.

Brauch, J.B., & Woods, R.H. (2001). Faith, learning and justice in Alan Dershowitz’s, The Genesis of Justice: Toward a proper understanding of the relationship between the Bible and modern justice. Valparaiso University Law Review, 36(1), 1-79.

Woods, R.H. (2001). Order in the Virtual Law Classroom . . . Order in the virtual law classroom—A closer look at U.S. law schools in cyberspace: Constructing multiple instructional strategies for effective internet-based legal education. Journal of Information, Law and Technology 3, Available at http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt