Frank G. BosmanGaming and the Divine
A New Systematic Theology of Video Games
Frank G. Bosman is a senior researcher at Tilburg Cobbenhagen Center, Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He is currently involved in multiple research projects concerning cultural theology and video games. He published various articles on theology and gaming in journals, such as Games and Culture, Gamenvironments, and Online, Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, and in academic series, such as Jewish Christian Perspectives, and Studies in Theology and Religion.
Introduction 1 Fundamentals I: A theology of culture 2 Fundamentals II: A
study of games 3 Theomorphism: Creational theology 4 Christophorism:
Christology 5 Homo roboticus: Theological anthropology 6 Kyrie eleison:
Theodicy and the problem of evil 7 The wicked problem of being alive:
Ethics 8 Game over: Thanatology 9 God's delusion: Religion critique in
video games; Conclusions: A systematic theology of video games
