This volume describes Dungeons & Dragons as a generative and creative space by exploring the tabletop role-playing game's intersections with the academic disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies. Readers might not gain advantage on all religion checks, but they will recognize the deeply formative potential of the game.
This volume describes Dungeons & Dragons as a generative and creative space by exploring the tabletop role-playing game's intersections with the academic disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies. Readers might not gain advantage on all religion checks, but they will recognize the deeply formative potential of the game.
Scott Donahue-Martens teaches classes ranging from Homiletics to the Hebrew Bible. Brandon Simonson is 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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Foreword Derek W. White Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: On Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Religion, and Theology Brandon Simonson and Scott Donahue-Martens Part One: Perception & Performance Chapter One: Healing Words: D&D Magic, Speech-Act Theory, and Chaplaincy Scott Donahue-Martens Chapter Two: Roll for Discernment: Dungeon Master as St. Ignatius' Spiritual Director Susan Haarman Chapter Three: From Redemption Arcs to Making Your Own God: Redemption and Authenticity in Critical Role and Dimension 20 Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong Chapter Four: Role-play, Spiritual Formation, and Theological Education Fred E. Webster, Jr. and Thomas G. Hermans-Webster Part Two: Heroes & History Chapter Five: Canon in Dungeons & Dragons: Insight from Ancient Judaism Scott Donahue-Martens and Brandon Simonson Chapter Six: The Harrowing of Avernus: Delving into Hell from Antiquity to Dungeons & Dragons Andrew J. O'Connor Chapter Seven: The Role and Function of Religious Names in the Creative World of Dungeons & Dragons Brandon Simonson Chapter Eight: Tolkien's Shadow: The Sub-Creating Influence of Middle Earth on Dungeons & Dragons Scott Donahue-Martens Part Three: Adventures & Alignment Chapter Nine: Abandon All Hope and Roll for Initiative: Reading Dante into Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus Victoria Hawco Chapter Ten: The Gilded Gothic Cages: Corruption, Judgment, and Moral Development in Ravenloft's Domains of Dread Martine Gjermundsen Ræstad Chapter Eleven: "Does Anyone Here Eat Elf?" Ecotheology in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting Daniel Ambord Chapter Twelve: A Chaotic-Historical Reflection on Alignment in Dungeons & Dragons Nathan P. Gilmour Epilogue About the Editors and Contributors
Foreword Derek W. White Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: On Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Religion, and Theology Brandon Simonson and Scott Donahue-Martens Part One: Perception & Performance Chapter One: Healing Words: D&D Magic, Speech-Act Theory, and Chaplaincy Scott Donahue-Martens Chapter Two: Roll for Discernment: Dungeon Master as St. Ignatius' Spiritual Director Susan Haarman Chapter Three: From Redemption Arcs to Making Your Own God: Redemption and Authenticity in Critical Role and Dimension 20 Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong Chapter Four: Role-play, Spiritual Formation, and Theological Education Fred E. Webster, Jr. and Thomas G. Hermans-Webster Part Two: Heroes & History Chapter Five: Canon in Dungeons & Dragons: Insight from Ancient Judaism Scott Donahue-Martens and Brandon Simonson Chapter Six: The Harrowing of Avernus: Delving into Hell from Antiquity to Dungeons & Dragons Andrew J. O'Connor Chapter Seven: The Role and Function of Religious Names in the Creative World of Dungeons & Dragons Brandon Simonson Chapter Eight: Tolkien's Shadow: The Sub-Creating Influence of Middle Earth on Dungeons & Dragons Scott Donahue-Martens Part Three: Adventures & Alignment Chapter Nine: Abandon All Hope and Roll for Initiative: Reading Dante into Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus Victoria Hawco Chapter Ten: The Gilded Gothic Cages: Corruption, Judgment, and Moral Development in Ravenloft's Domains of Dread Martine Gjermundsen Ræstad Chapter Eleven: "Does Anyone Here Eat Elf?" Ecotheology in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting Daniel Ambord Chapter Twelve: A Chaotic-Historical Reflection on Alignment in Dungeons & Dragons Nathan P. Gilmour Epilogue About the Editors and Contributors
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