The Pop Theology of Videogames Producing and Playing with Religion

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Young people in the West are more likely to encounter religion in videogames than in places of worship like churches, mosques or temples. Lars de Wildt interviews developers and players of games such as Assassin's Creed to find out how and why the Pop Theology of Videogames is so appealing to m...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: de Wildt, Lars (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press
Colección:Games and Play.
Temas:
Video games > Religious aspects.
Religion: general.
Computer games / online games: strategy guides.
GAMES / Video & Electronic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Sociology.
Film, Media, and Communication
FMC
Contemporary Society
CONTEMP SOC
Digital and Social Media
DIG & SM
Game Studies
GAME
Media Studies
MEDIA
Religion and Theology
REL & THEOL
Videogames, religion, production studies, consumption studies, qualitative sociology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Young people in the West are more likely to encounter religion in videogames than in places of worship like churches, mosques or temples. Lars de Wildt interviews developers and players of games such as Assassin's Creed to find out how and why the Pop Theology of Videogames is so appealing to modern audiences. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book argues that developers of videogames and their players engage in a 'Pop Theology' through which laymen reconsider traditional questions of religion by playing with them. Games allow us to play with religious questions and identities in the same way that children play at being a soldier, or choose to 'play house.' This requires a radical rethinking of religious questions as no longer just questions of belief or disbelief; but as truths to be tried on, compared, and discarded at will.
Notas:"Amsterdam University Press"
Chapter 1. Introduction Part I. Producing Religion "Which choices lead game-makers to use religion in their videogames?" Chapter 2. Making Religion at Ubisoft Chapter 3. Indie-pendent: the Arthouse Gods of Indie games Part II. Consuming Religion "How do players make sense of and relate to religion in videogames?" Chapter 4. Public Religion on Videogame Forums Chapter 5. Single-player Religion Part III. Conclusion Chapter 6. Conclusion: Pop Theology. Complete bibliography Index .
Descripción Física:1 online resource (138 pages) illustrations.
ISBN:9048555132
9789048555130

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