About the Author

Walter T. Davis Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Religion and a former director of the Advanced Pastoral Studies Program at San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California. Teresa Blythe is a freelance writer, spiritual director, and media literacy advocate with an extensive background in broadcast news. Gary Dreibelbis has taught courses in television and communications at Solano College in Suisun, California; San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California; and Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Mark Scalese is a Roman Catholic priest and Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Elizabeth Winslea is co-Pastor of Lincoln Street United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon.