Joshua Wise

No Avatars Allowed

Theological Reflections on Video Games

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Produktbeschreibung

-Reaches across generations to explore divinity, humanity, and technology through the lens of video games -Challenges readers to look theologically at how they play

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Church Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 142mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9781640651845
• ISBN-10: 1640651845
• Artikelnr.: 55501363

Autorenporträt

JOSHUA WISE is an independent scholar of Theology and popular culture. He earned his doctorate in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America. The author of Weeping Cedars, Deephome, and editor of Past the Sky's Rim: The Elder Scrolls and Theology, he co-hosts the podcast No Avatars Allowed. Dr. Wise lives in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, where he is the Theologian in Residence for Incarnation Holy Sacrament Church.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Father Benjamin Gildas, AF
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Generations of Believers That Game
CHAPTER 2
Violence: The Virtual and the Real
CHAPTER 3
The Church's Suspicions about Video Games
CHAPTER 4
It's a Secret to Everybody: The Limits of Knowledge
CHAPTER 5
He Emptied Himself: Rethinking the Incarnation
CHAPTER 6
The Mass Effected: Can There Be Virtual Sacraments?
CHAPTER 7
Scouting Things Out for Future Explorations
Conclusion