[4] As a screenwriter, he has written over ten feature-length screenplays, including The Duke (1999) for Buena Vista and the road trip comedy Extreme Days (2001).
Detweiler's first book, co-written with Barry Taylor, was A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, dealing with relationships between advertising, movies, music, TV and the divine.
Selfies: Searching for the Image of God in a Digital Age (2018) received an Award of Merit for the best books in Culture and the Arts from Christianity Today.
[5] He has also edited two collections of essays, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God and Don't Stop Believin': Pop Culture and Religion from Ben-Hur to Zombies.
In 2013, Detweiler produced and directed a documentary, unCommon Sounds which brought musicians to Lebanon and Indonesia to build sustainable peace through music.