| Creators: |
Inderst, Rudolf T. (Host) |
| Title: |
Podcast zu: The Pop Theology of Videogames : Producing and Playing with Religion / von Lars de Wildt, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023. - ISBN 9789463729864 |
| Item Type: |
Other |
| Event Title: |
New Books Network (NBN) |
| Event Dates: |
June 22, 2023 |
| Date: |
2023 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
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, Lars de Wildt's book The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion (Amsterdam UP, 2023) 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. |
| Language: |
English |
| Link eMedia: |
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| Citation: |
Inderst, Rudolf T. (Host)
(2023)
Podcast zu: The Pop Theology of Videogames : Producing and Playing with Religion / von Lars de Wildt, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023. - ISBN 9789463729864.
In: New Books Network (NBN), June 22, 2023
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