Brazos Press Title Receives Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Award
iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives (ISBN 9781587433443; ebook ISBN 9781441244819; $17.99) by Craig Detweiler was honored with the silver award in the Popular Culture category of the 2013 Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Awards.
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In iGods, Craig Detweiler provides needed Christian perspective on navigating today’s social media culture, investigating the impact of the technologies and cultural phenomena that drive us. He offers a historic look at where we’ve been and a prophetic look at where we’re headed, helping readers sort out the immediate from the eternal, the digital from the divine.
Craig Detweiler is an author, award-winning filmmaker, and cultural commentator who has been featured in The New York Times, on CNN, and on NPR. He is professor of communication and director of the Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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