{"id":153,"date":"2019-12-19T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/?p=153"},"modified":"2020-01-07T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T17:00:31","slug":"an-intriguing-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/2019\/12\/19\/an-intriguing-combination\/","title":{"rendered":"An Intriguing Combination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-368x490.jpg 368w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2019\/12\/IMG_3852-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"_3uWjK\" data-hook=\"post-description\">\n<article class=\"blog-post-page-font\">\n<div class=\"post-content__body\">\n<div class=\"_1Yrpz\">\n<div class=\"kcuBq _2MPZ5 blog-post-page-font _2WHMg uatYj _3I11d\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"kaqlz _312QD blog-post-page-font css-1vfgfby\">\n<p class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1dH_e blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _3ZX8L _1dH_e\">This book formulates a new theological approach to the study of religion in gaming. Video games have become one of the most important cultural artefacts of modern society, both as mediators of cultural, social, and religious values and in terms of commercial success. This has led to a significant increase in the critical analysis of this relatively new medium, but theology as an academic discipline is noticeably behind the other humanities on this subject. Each chapter introduces case studies from video games connected to a specific theme i.e. theomorphism and christophorism. In contrast to many studies which focus on online multiplayer games, the examples considered are largely single-player games with distinct narratives and \u2018end of game\u2019 moments. The book concludes by synthesizing these themes into a new theology of video games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1dH_e blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _3ZX8L _1dH_e\">Call Number: 794.8 B743G<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_VfD\">\n<div class=\"PIiSa\" data-hook=\"post-main-actions-desktop\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book formulates a new theological approach to the study of religion in gaming. 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