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Contributor List, Biographies, and Suggested Resources
Contributor: Craig Detweiler
Professional title: Associate Professor of Communication, Pepperdine Univer-
sity; Director, Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture
Personal Web site: http://www.purplestateofmind.com
Bio: Dr. Craig Detweiler is director of the Center for Entertainment,
Media, and Culture at Pepperdine University in Malibu. He’s a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Davidson College and earned an M.F.A. from the Univer-
sity of Southern California’s acclaimed fi lm school. His comedic documentary
Purple State of Mind won Best Spiritual Film at the Breckenridge Festival of
Film, and the Audience Award at the Tallahassee Film Festival. His latest book,
Into the Dark, searches for the sacred amid the top-ranked fi lms on the Internet
Movie Database. Craig’s cultural commentary has appeared on ABC’s Night-
line, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and in The New York Times.
Recommended Books, Web Sites,
Blogs, and Other ResourcesFrederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking (HarperOne, 1993).
Julie Clawson, Everyday Justice (InterVarsity Press, 2009).
Conversant Life: http://www.conversantlife.com.
Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies (Anchor Books, 2000).
Ben Lowe, Green Revolution (InterVarsity Press, 2000).
Andrew P. Marin, Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay
Community (InterVarsity Press, 2009).
N. T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (HarperOne, 2010).
Favorite Quote
He not busy being born is busy dying.
—Bob DylanFive Things to Do to Make the World a Better Place
- Write a song.
- Visit a prisoner.
- Become a vegetarian.
- Join the One campaign.
- Pay for a child’s education (just $30 or $35 per month via WorldVision or
Compassion).