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Godwired (Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality) - 9780415781459
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Product Details
Author:
Rachel Wagner
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
272
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis (November 14, 2011)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780415781459
Weight:
17.75oz
Dimensions:
6.125" x 9.1875"
File:
TAYLORFRANCIS-TayFran_260704045318152-20260704.xml
Folder:
TAYLORFRANCIS
List Price:
$66.99
Series:
Media, Religion and Culture
Case Pack:
10
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$63.64
Publisher Identifier:
P-CRC
Discount Code:
H
Audience:
College/higher education
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
30
Imprint:
Routledge
Overview
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.
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.
