Theology and Westworld / edited by Juli Gittinger and Shayna Sheinfeld.
| Other author | Gittinger, Juli. |
| Other author | Sheinfeld, Shayna. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, MD : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2020] |
| Description | ix, 165 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Theology and pop culture |
| Contents | Consuming Westworld: Facilitating the Robotics and AI Discussion through Science Fiction / Jaime Wright -- Techno-Transcendence and Artificial Rapture / Olivia Belton -- For the Rest of Time They Heard the Drum / Jacob Boss -- A Comparative Inquiry into the Real / Kristin Johnston Largen -- Will Robots Too Be in the Image of God? Artificial Consciousness and Imago Dei in Westworld / Marius Dorobantu -- On Idolatry and Empathy: An Orthodox Christian Response to the Victimization Fantasies of Westworld / David K. Goodin -- Rethinking the Maze: Africana Religions, Somatic Memory, and the Journey to Consciousness / Amanda Furiasse -- Exile, the Remnant, and a Promised Land without a God / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. -- "And behold, a black horse": Heaven, Hell, and Biblical Eschatology in Westworld / Tony Degouveia. |
| Abstract | "In the first two seasons of the HBO series Westworld, human guests pay exorbitant fees to spend time among cybernetic Hosts--partially sentient AI robots--and live out often violent fantasies. In Theology and Westworld, scholars from a range of disciplines within religious studies examine the profound questions that arise when the narrative of Westworld interacts with the study of religion. From transhumanism and personhood to morality and divinity, this book contributes to, confounds, and challenges ideas that are found in the study of religion and philosophy. Taken together, the chapters further our understanding of what it means to live in a world where the hard questions of human existence are explored through the medium of popular culture."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : 9781978707962 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024442777 |
| ISBN | 9781978707955 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1978707959 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (electronic publication) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |