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Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Craig Detweiler (Editor)

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Craig Detweiler's collection of up-to-the-minute essays on video games' theological themes (and yes, they do exist!) is an engaging and provocative book for gamers, parents, pastors, media scholars, and theologians--virtually anyone who has dared to consider the ramifications of modern society's obsession with video games and online media. Together, these essays take on an exploding genre in popular culture and interpret it through a refreshing and enlightening philosophical lens.

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  • Title Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God
  • Author Craig Detweiler (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Westminster John Knox Press, Religion
  • Publication date 2010-01-25
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780664232771 / 0664232779
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.1 x 0.65 in (22.76 x 15.49 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Religious
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Category Religion - Christian Life
  • Library of Congress subjects Video games - Religious aspects -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009033750
  • Dewey Decimal Code 794.8

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  • Christian Retailing, 02/01/2010, Page 26
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/11/2010, Page 45
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