The call to endless adventure: The dynamic unending ascent into God and virtual worlds
This article brings together the ideas of Epektasis, dynamic heavenly hierarchy, and adventure to discuss the nature of the expected heavenly new creation. Considering the idea of Epektasis as a never-ending upward striving into God understood through the work of Joseph Campbell, adventure is used a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Dialog
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 307-315 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality NBQ Eschatology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
adventure
B Theology B Hierarchy B Video Games B virtual worlds B Epektasis B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | This article brings together the ideas of Epektasis, dynamic heavenly hierarchy, and adventure to discuss the nature of the expected heavenly new creation. Considering the idea of Epektasis as a never-ending upward striving into God understood through the work of Joseph Campbell, adventure is used as a descriptive analogy for this process of delving more deeply into God as a community. Virtual worlds, especially video games, are presented as a contemporary metaphor for the invitation to adventure offered by a community's vision of joy and engagement with creation. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12522 |