Hermans Webster Thomas (9 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. On its 50th anniversary, the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (DandD) 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 DandD's bright future, Theology, Religion, and Dungeons and Dragons: Explorations of the Sacred through Fantasy Worlds explores the intersection of DandD 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 and Dragons in this volume. Unlike some during the so-called Satanic Panic, the authors of this volume embrace DandD 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 DandD in specific, and it addresses pressing issues in the academic disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies.…

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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.