Information Technology Surrogate for Religion - The Veneration of Deceased Family in Online Games

Informationen zum Autor William Sims Bainbridge is Director, Cyber-Human Systems Program, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation, USA. Klappentext This book demonstrates principles of Ancestor Veneration Avatars (AVAs), by running avatars based on eleven deceased members of one family through ten highly diverse virtual worlds from the violent Defiance to the intellectual Uru: Myst Online, from the early EverQuest to the recent Elder Scrolls Online. Zusammenfassung This book demonstrates principles of Ancestor Veneration Avatars (AVAs)! by running avatars based on eleven deceased members of one family through ten highly diverse virtual worlds from the violent Defiance to the intellectual Uru: Myst Online! from the early EverQuest to the recent Elder Scrolls Online. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Exploring Possibilities (Runes of Magic) 2. Selecting a World (Uru: Myst Online) 3. Achieving a Goal (Defiance) 4. Seeking Truth (Tabula Rasa) 5. Combatting Heresy (Perfect World) 6. Singing a Song (EverQuest) 7. Uniting a Couple (Guild Wars 2) 8. Enduring Horror (Age of Conan) 9. Insuring Hope (Elder Scrolls Online) 10. Resting in Peace (Lord of the Rings Online)

List of contents

Preface 1. Exploring Possibilities (Runes of Magic) 2. Selecting a World (Uru: Myst Online) 3. Achieving a Goal (Defiance) 4. Seeking Truth (Tabula Rasa) 5. Combatting Heresy (Perfect World) 6. Singing a Song (EverQuest) 7. Uniting a Couple (Guild Wars 2) 8. Enduring Horror (Age of Conan) 9. Insuring Hope (Elder Scrolls Online) 10. Resting in Peace (Lord of the Rings Online)

Product details

• Authors: W Bainbridge, W. Bainbridge, William S. Bainbridge, William Sims Bainbridge
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2014
• EAN: 9781137490544
• ISBN: 978-1-137-49054-4
• No. of pages: 133
• Series: Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture; Contemporary Religion in Pop C; Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture; Contemporary Religion in Pop C; Contemporary Religion and Popu
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); C, Sociology of Religion, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Spiritualism, Spirituality, Religion & beliefs, Religious issues & debates, Sociology, general, Sociology & anthropology, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion and sociology, Religion and Society, Social Aspects of Religion