Pop Theology of Videogames

Producing and Playing with Religion

AvLars de Wildt

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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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 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-12-01
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Games and Play
Antal sidor:158
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041188797

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Lars de Wildt is Assistant Professor in Media and Cultural Industries at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen. He was previously a (visiting) researcher at the universities of Leuven, Tampere, Montréal, and Deakin. He studies how media industries and media cultures change each other, such as how videogames changed religion and how religion changed videogames in a post-secular age. For more, see larsdewildt.eu.

Innehållsförteckning

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.