we are on the campus of pepperdine university. we like to visit and talk to professors who are also authors. authors. joining us now is craig detweiler his book "igods: how technology shapes our spiritual and social lives". here is the cover. what do you teach your at pepperdine? >> i am a filmmaker first. screenwriting, production help students navigate the entertainment industry. >> also the director of the center for entertainment, part of your professorship. >> it is a bit of a think tank looking at how media and culture impact each other on both sides how film shapes our public conversation and how maybe you know students can figure out, out you know, how to contribute to hopefully the greater good. >> your book is listed and classified as christianity and culture. why? >> i am also trained as a theologian. i have always been interested in how religious feelings are transmitted across culture. i am i am a person who has been moved by moving pictures so this is a chance for me to consider how the small screen that we carry in

we are on location at pepperdine university in malibu california as part of our university series. we like to visit universities and colleges and talk to professors who are authors. joining us now is craig detweiler. his book "igods" how technology shapes our spiritual and social lives. here is the book cover by professor detweiler before we get into that what do you teach a pepperdine? >> guest: i am a filmmaker first and so i teach screenwriting and i teach production and help students navigate the entertainment industry. >> host: you are also director of the center for entertainment. that is part of your professorship here? >> guest: yes it's a bit of a think tank looking at how media and culture impact each other sort of on both sides. how film shapes or public conversation and how maybe students can figure out how to contribute to hopefully the greater good. >> host: your book "igods" is listed and classified as christianity and culture. why is that? >> guest: i am also trained as a theologian. i am a graduate of theological seminary so i've always been interested in how relig

usf knocks down pepperdine. steph curry named to his second straight all-star team. he led the entire nba including lebron with over 1.5 million votes. curry is going to join his coach next month. nfl, gini is the 49ers defensive coordinator. and tony sporano will fill his vacancy. he will coach vennon davis. tom brady put deflate-gate in perspective and he starts tonight's top five. >> things will be fine. this isn't isis. no one is dying. >> gordon hayward. illyasova and the bucks stop here. will ferral at the pelicans game shooting a movie at halftime. drills a new orleans cheer leader right in the face. they are shooting a movie folks. 22 minutes ago, number two roger fedder stunned with this shot at the australian open. and in number one, still at the open. lopez serves up 121 miles an hour rocket and nails the ball boy who probably could have used a little deflate-gate himself. but again, the big story a few minutes ago, roger fedder who had been in the semifinal 11 straight years is out. >> wow. unbelievable. what a shocker. >> and that changes that whole brac

mary's basketball team passed its first conference road test of the year, after winning at pepperdineursday. they were at loyola mary mount. carter had 17 points. st. mary's by five at the half. gales were led by bright, who connected six times from beyond the arc. st. mary's a winner, 11-3 overall, 4-0 in the w cc. >>> mercedes jeff low won't hit this shot, but gray is there for the follow-up plus the foul. cal in front by eight at half time. then stretching it out in the second half, jeff low had a career day, driving the lane for two of her 17 points. 67-49, bears win, improving to 9-3 overall. >>> sharks at home tonight against st. louis. we'll have it for you at 10:00 on sports wrap and all the rest of the day's sports. see you then. >> last night the warriors were on fire once again, against the best team in the east. are they really that good? >> i don't know how you can't say they are. that game was a scoring circus in the first half and the warriors kicked in another gear in the third quarter. why can't we think they are? improving on a nightly basis. >> it was a good one. th

santa clara at home tonight against pepperdine in wcc play. bronco fans wanting their coach to dress a little formally and he says polo shirt is just fine. >> brownridge and clark led the broncos as the broncos built an 11-pentagon halftime

abcawun as a college professor at pepperdine is technology interfering with teaching? >>guest: every teacher wrestles with what to do with technology. and so you are constantly competing for their attention even in an exam type of situation the possibility of students accessing information via their cell phone then temptation to cheat is ever present. i teach media and yet i allow no media in the classroom no laptops cell phones. they. they must be fully present to the discussion and each other. i might use media on the screen, have a laptop bringing a powerpoint and slides, but i do not want them fragmenting themselves. when it comes time for exams, exams they are allowed all media access possible. >>host: y? >>guest: they will never be a time in the workplace when they are cut off from those resources. so it would not be a real test. they have access. how can you sort through too many options in a limited timeframe is the challenge of the workplace now. how do you see through things, read carefully analyze, make wise decisions given to many options. >>host: you close

santa clara hosting pepperdine. a nice drive. the drive, set back, pop. makes the three.own 13. second half. takes the drop. dribbles and then the lay-up. 60-57, that final. >>> tennis first major of the season. the australian open continues down under where maria sharapova advances 27 winners in the short hour and fifteen minute match-up. she moves on to the quarter finals for the seventh time. she wrists the backhand winner on the back point winning 6-3 6-0. >>> and south american kevin anderson. but then this ace right past anderson. from then on out it was smooth sailing. winning three sets. finishes with forehand winner on match point right there. moving on to the quarterfinals. >> and the gulf tour. and matt kutcher was 18-under. check out the shot on 17. he boogied three of the last four. into the canal. he's tied for fifth. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann. see you again tonight at 5:00. have a great day. >> still to come, brides for a good cause. the gown shopping excursion. helping women get dressed for the big day and fighting against cancer. r

i was a born-again christian, i went to pepperdine university. it's a church, christ school.emed like one more chip away from my faith, and to me these are all god of the gaff argument. if there's a gaff in our knowledge, we can't explain it and invoke god. kennedy: one person who did a great job in his book, francis collins, he's a believer, he's a scientist, he was head researcher on the national human genome project, and says it's his faith in god that led him to realize that evolution is a god-created mechanism, there are plenty of other scientists who are believers. william newsom who won the 2007 nobel prize in chemistry. do you disprove the people's scientific life and work because they believe in god? >> for heavens sakes no. oops! for skeptic's sakes, no. i know francis collins, i very much respect his work, and i just think what his religiosity has nothing to do with science. that science is driven purely by rational arguments and emperical data. his science is first class. the fact that somebody derives extra scientific conclusion out of his observations of the wor

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