Description

Dr. Felix Podimattam is one of the best-known moral theologians in India & outside. Besides his full time job as a professor, he finds time to write books at an amazing rate. He has authored 136 books.

Besides his Master’s degree in Political Science from Mysore, he holds a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, & subsequently a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Alphonsian Academy, Rome. His post-doctoral studies were pursued in Washington, DC, USA. He is the winner of Limca Book of Records 2014 Award for Literature. At present he is professor of Moral Theology at St. Francis Theological College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION
1. Preliminaries to Human Communication
2. Purposes of Human Communication
3. Principles of Communication
4. Culture and Communication
5. Perception
6. Listening
7. The Self in Communication
8. Meanings Arc in People
9. Nonverbal Messages
CHAPTER TWO
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
1. Interpersonal Communication: Conversation
2. Maintaining Conversations
3. Managing Conversation
4. Conversation Problems: Prevention and Repair
5. Interpersonal Relationships
6- Interpersonal Conflict
CHAPTER THREE

INTERVIEWING AND SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
1. Interviewing