Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination analyzes theological, religious, and philosophical themes in classical Christian fantasy, contemporary â post-Christianâ fantasy, and fantasy at play in table top games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: the Gathering.
Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination analyzes theological, religious, and philosophical themes in classical Christian fantasy, contemporary â post-Christianâ fantasy, and fantasy at play in table top games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: the Gathering.
Andrew D. Thrasher is an adjunct instructor of Religious Studies at George Mason University and Tidewater Community College. Austin M. Freeman teaches at Houston Christian University and King's College New York.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination Andrew D. Thrasher and Austin M. Freeman Part I: Invocations 2. The Old Magic Nicholas Adams Part II: Classical Christian Fantasy: Renewing Christian Imagination 3. Sins of the Imagination Austin M. Freeman 4. C.S. Lewis, Apologetics, and the Imagination: Breaking the Spell of Secularism Alison Milbank 5. Between Tolkien and the Philosophers: Greek and Scholastic Theories of Phantasia Giovanni Carmine Costabile Part III: Post-Christian Fantasy: Opening the Door Beyond 6. Why Theology Should Always Be Fantasy: Imagination, Fantasy, and Science-Fictional Messianism in the Writings of Rabbi Shagar Levi Morrow 7. Theology in Shadow: Sin and Redemption in Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea Oliver D. Crisp 8. Cosmology as Agnostic Self-Actualization in Terry Pratchett's Discworld U-Wen Low 9. Fantastic Inter-Religious Resourcement in Robert Jordan and David Eddings Andrew D. Thrasher 10. The Hero as God: An Exploration of Mormon Soteriology in the Fantasy Novels of Orson Scott Card and Brandon Sanderson Josh Herring Part IV: Fantasy at Play: Theologizing with Fantastic Games 11. Imaginative Hermeneutical Theology: Paul Ricoeur and Dungeons & Dragons Scott Donahue-Martens 12. Magic: The Gathering and Meaning: The Theological Outlook of the World's Most Complex Game Jacob Torbeck
1. Introduction: Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination Andrew D. Thrasher and Austin M. Freeman Part I: Invocations 2. The Old Magic Nicholas Adams Part II: Classical Christian Fantasy: Renewing Christian Imagination 3. Sins of the Imagination Austin M. Freeman 4. C.S. Lewis, Apologetics, and the Imagination: Breaking the Spell of Secularism Alison Milbank 5. Between Tolkien and the Philosophers: Greek and Scholastic Theories of Phantasia Giovanni Carmine Costabile Part III: Post-Christian Fantasy: Opening the Door Beyond 6. Why Theology Should Always Be Fantasy: Imagination, Fantasy, and Science-Fictional Messianism in the Writings of Rabbi Shagar Levi Morrow 7. Theology in Shadow: Sin and Redemption in Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea Oliver D. Crisp 8. Cosmology as Agnostic Self-Actualization in Terry Pratchett's Discworld U-Wen Low 9. Fantastic Inter-Religious Resourcement in Robert Jordan and David Eddings Andrew D. Thrasher 10. The Hero as God: An Exploration of Mormon Soteriology in the Fantasy Novels of Orson Scott Card and Brandon Sanderson Josh Herring Part IV: Fantasy at Play: Theologizing with Fantastic Games 11. Imaginative Hermeneutical Theology: Paul Ricoeur and Dungeons & Dragons Scott Donahue-Martens 12. Magic: The Gathering and Meaning: The Theological Outlook of the World's Most Complex Game Jacob Torbeck
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