The Virtual Rebirth of Paganism

A quarter millennium ago, monarchies began to vanish from the Earth, and some utopian computer games implicitly explore how that might also happen in Heaven, through the resurrection of many competing gods. This essay begins by examining how two very popular massively multiplayer online games, DARK...

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Main Author: Bainbridge, William Sims 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie 2023
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Massively multiplayer online role-playing game / Virtual reality / Group / Paganism / Culture / Religion / Egypt (Antiquity)
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BC Ancient Orient; religion
BD Ancient European religions
BE Greco-Roman religions
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B DARK AGE OF CAMELOT
B AGE OF CONAN
B Polytheism
B Viedogaming
B Secularization
B Online Game
B Paganism
B Role-Playing
B A TALE IN THE DESERT
B Virtual World
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