Cardinal Gaming: Conceptions of Religion in Dragon Age: Inquisition, Diablo III, and Dante’s Inferno
This article analyzes three major video game titles and their representations of religion, attempting to uncover what exactly is being taught about religion by video games and situating these findings within a broader discourse using the work of the sociologist Max Weber. Three major themes are shar...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dragon Age: Inquisition
/ Diablo (Computer game)
/ Dante’s Inferno (Computer game)
/ Religion
/ Religiosity
/ USA
/ Folk culture
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Max Weber
B neomedievalism B Dragon Age: Inquisition B Religion B Sin B Diablo III B Digital Games B American Religion B Dante’s Inferno |
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| Summary: | This article analyzes three major video game titles and their representations of religion, attempting to uncover what exactly is being taught about religion by video games and situating these findings within a broader discourse using the work of the sociologist Max Weber. Three major themes are shared between the games: rejection of religious authority, privatization of sin, and disenchantment of religion. These findings are discussed in relation to popular understandings of religion in American culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2017-0022 |