On its 50th anniversary, the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has found renewed popularity and a generally positive representation in popular culture. Reflecting on these fifty years of development and history, and looking forward to D&D's bright future,Theology, Religion, and Dungeons & Dragons: Explorations of the Sacred through Fantasy Worldsexplores the intersection of D&D with the academic disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies. From Tolkien's notion of sub-creation to pedagogical ponderings on hell, readers will uncover deeply theological and religious aspects of Dungeons & Dragons in this volume. Unlike some during the so-called Satanic Panic, the authors of this volume embrace D&D as spiritually and theologically formative. Discussions on alignment and campaign settings like Dark Sun and Ravenloft foreground notions of interrelating and wellbeing, and reflections on communal conceptions of canon and spiritual formation chart paths forward by understanding historical realities. This volume responds to growing interest in the academic study of tabletop role-playing games in general and D&D in specific, and it addresses pressing issues in the academic disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies.
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Theology, Religion, and Dungeons and Dragons: Explorations of the Sacred through Fantasy Worlds
Scott Donahue-Martensteaches a variety of theology classes ranging from homiletics and hermeneutics to Hebrew Bible and pastoral care.
Brandon Simonsonis instructor of Biblical Studies at Boston University School of Theology and adjunct lecturer in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies at Merrimack College.
Scott Donahue-Martensteaches a variety of theology classes ranging from homiletics and hermeneutics to Hebrew Bible and pastoral care.
Brandon Simonsonis instructor of Biblical Studies at Boston University School of Theology and adjunct lecturer in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies at Merrimack College.
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