Mr Robot: Hacking the Apocalypse

This paper is concerned with the American TV series Mr Robot and its imaginative articulation of key theological and philosophical questions pertaining to authority, reality and belief. As a work of imagination and critique it provides engaging and useful insights into the process of attempting to c...

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Main Author: Lynch, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie [2019]
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 15-30
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mr. Robot / Apocalypticism
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Habit
B Computer hacking
B Apocalypse
B the Event
B Mr Robot
B Cryptography
B Hope
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