Disenchanting Faith—Religion and Authority in the Dishonored Universe

This game-immanent study approach and game content analysis focuses on the Dishonored video games series. The article examines how the topic of authority and religion are represented and discussed in the video game universe of the Dishonored games, where religion is referenced through explicit autho...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Rautalahti, Heidi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 5, Pages: 146
Further subjects:B Dishonored
B video game
B Content Analysis
B game-immanent
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