Religions 2018, 9(5), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9050142
Contemplation, Subcreation, and Video Games
Communication Department, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, WI 53097, USA
Received: 2 March 2018 / Revised: 16 April 2018 / Accepted: 16 April 2018 / Published: 26 April 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Sacred & the Digital. Critical Depictions of Religions in Video Games)
Abstract
This essay asks how religion and theological ideas might be made manifest in video games, and particularly the creation of video games as a religious activity, looking at contemplative experiences in video games, and the creation and world-building of game worlds as a form of Tolkienian subcreation, which itself leads to contemplation regarding the creation of worlds. View Full-TextKeywords:
video games; contemplation; subcreation; imaginary worlds; religion; world-building
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