"The Movies and America: What the Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture Tell Us About Ourselves"
Dr. Drew Trotter, Executive Director of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers www.studycentersonline.org
Optional Lunch Buffet, $15, 11:30a-12noon
Free Lecture, 12noon – 1pm
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011
University Club, North Room
ASU Tempe Campus
Drew has written on film and popular culture for over thirty years in such publications as Books & Culture, Christianity Today and Critique, and in the field of Biblical studies published Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews (Baker, 1997). For over twenty years, he has presented a seminar entitled Show and Tell: How to View a Movie Responsibly, helping laypeople and students in churches, Christian college and secular university environments understand this powerful medium and how to think about its influence both on the individual and the society. He has taught seminars on popular culture, university education in America today, a Biblical model of discipleship and how to interpret the Scriptures. Also a well-respected Bible teacher, Drew has lectured and preached at seminaries, churches and colleges throughout the United States and Canada on a wide variety of topics including prayer, discipleship, and Christian cultural awareness. Drew has three sons, two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren and lives with his wife of thirty-nine years, Marie, in Charlottesville, VA.
This luncheon is supported in part by the Wilson G. Baroody Commemorative Fund.
Please RSVP by Fri 7, Oct2011 to aslan@asu.edu or 480-242-2836.
