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Igods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives

Craig Detweiler

Finalist:Christian Retailing's Best -Church & Culture (2014)
Silver Medal Winner:IndieFab awards -Popular Culture (2013)
Today the world is literally at our fingertips. We can call, text, email, or post our status to friends and family on the go. We can carry countless games, music, and apps in our pocket. Yet it's easy to feel overwhelmed by access to so much information and exhausted from managing our online relationships and selves.

Craig Detweiler, a nationally known writer and speaker on media issues, provides needed Christian perspective on navigating today's social media culture. He interacts with major symbols, or "iGods," of our distracted age--Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Pixar, YouTube, and Twitter--to investigate the impact of the technologies and cultural phenomena that drive us. Detweiler offers a historic look at where we've been and a prophetic look at where we're headed, helping us sort out the immediate from the eternal, the digital from the divine.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Brazos Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 19th, 2013
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.97in - 6.11in - 0.65in - 0.78lb
  • EAN: 9781587433443
  • Categories: Christian Living - GeneralChristian Ministry - Youth

About the Author

Detweiler, Craig: - Craig Detweiler (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is an author, award-winning filmmaker, and cultural commentator who has been featured in the New York Times and on CNN, NPR, Fox News, and ABC's Nightline. He is professor of communication and creative director of the Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Detweiler is the author of several books, including iGods and Into the Dark: Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century. He is also the coauthor of A Matrix of Meanings and editor of Halos and Avatars.
Detweiler, Craig: - Craig Detweiler (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is an author, award-winning filmmaker, and cultural commentator who has been featured in the New York Times and on CNN, NPR, Fox News, and ABC's Nightline. He formerly served as president of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Detweiler is the author of several books, including Selfies, iGods, and Into the Dark: Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century. He is also the coauthor of A Matrix of Meanings and editor of Halos and Avatars.