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Rachel Wagner - Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality - 9780415781459 - V9780415781459
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Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality

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Description for Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality Paperback. Series: Media, Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.

Godwired offers an engaging exploration of religious practice in the digital age. It considers how virtual experiences, like stories, games and rituals, are forms of world-building or "cosmos construction" that serve as a means of making sense of our own world. Such creative and interactive activity is, arguably, patently religious.

This book examines:

    • the nature of sacred space in virtual contexts
    • technology as a vehicle for sacred texts
    • who we are when we go online
    • what rituals have in common with games and how they work online
    • what happens to community when people worship online
    • how religious "worlds" and virtual "worlds" nurture similar desires.
      • ... Read more

      Rachel Wagner suggests that whilst our engagement with virtual reality can be viewed as a form of religious activity, today’s virtual religion marks a radical departure from traditional religious practice – it is ephemeral, transient, rapid, disposable, hyper-individualized, hybrid, and in an ongoing state of flux.

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      Product Details

      Publisher
      Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
      Number of pages
      272
      Format
      Paperback
      Publication date
      2011
      Series
      Media, Religion and Culture
      Condition
      New
      Weight
      422g
      Number of Pages
      272
      Place of Publication
      London, United Kingdom
      ISBN
      9780415781459
      SKU
      V9780415781459
      Shipping Time
      Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
      Ref
      99-2

      About Rachel Wagner
      Rachel Wagner is Associate Professor of Religion at Ithaca College, USA. Her work centers on the study of religion and culture, particularly religion and film and religion and virtual reality.

      Reviews for Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality
      'Godwired is a timely, relevant, and sophisticated book. It is an insightful, well-informed discussion of game theories, storytelling, and the religious imagination, offering a convincing argument about how playing games can, at times, participate in the construction of worlds, and worlds of meaning.' – Gary Laderman, Emory University, USA 'Rachel Wagner explores the intersection of the two other-worlds known ... Read more

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