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UNINA9910459727203321 |
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Laycock Joseph <1980-> |
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Dangerous games : what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds / / Joseph P. Laycock |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
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0-520-28492-5 |
0-520-96056-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 p.) |
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Fantasy games - Moral and ethical aspects |
Role playing - Moral and ethical aspects |
Dungeons and Dragons (Game) - Moral and ethical aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface. "You Worship Gods from Books!" -- Introduction. Fantasy and Reality -- 1. The Birth of Fantasy Role-Playing Games -- 2. Dungeons & Dragons as Religious Phenomenon -- 3. Pathways into Madness: 1979-1982 -- 4. Satanic Panic: 1982-1991 -- 5. A World of Darkness: 1991-2001 -- 6. How Role-Playing Games Create Meaning -- 7. How the Imagination Became Dangerous -- 8. Rival Fantasies -- Conclusion. Walking between Worlds -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The 1980's saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that included representatives from the Christian Right, the field of psychology, and law enforcement claimed that these games were not only psychologically dangerous but an occult religion masquerading as a game. Dangerous Games explores both the history and the sociological significance of this panic. Fantasy role-playing games do share several functions in common with religion. However, religion-as a socially constructed world of shared meaning-can also be compared to a fantasy role-playing game. In fact, the claims of the |
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moral entrepreneurs, in which they presented themselves as heroes battling a dark conspiracy, often resembled the very games of imagination they condemned as evil. By attacking the imagination, they preserved the taken-for-granted status of their own socially constructed reality. Interpreted in this way, the panic over fantasy-role playing games yields new insights about how humans play and together construct and maintain meaningful worlds. Laycock's clear and accessible writing ensures that Dangerous Games will be required reading for those with an interest in religion, popular culture, and social behavior, both in the classroom and beyond. |
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UNINA9910778448503321 |
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Cross Frank Moore |
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Canaanite myth and Hebrew epic [[electronic resource] ] : essays in the history of the religion of Israel / / Frank Moore Cross |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1997 |
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[1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.] |
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1 online resource (400p.) |
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Canaanites - Religion |
Judaism - History - To 70 A.D |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Abbreviations The Religion of Canaan and the God of Israel The God of the Fathers 'El and the God of the Fathers 'El in the Ugaritic Pantheon The Epithets of 'El 'El in the Canaanite Myth 'El and Ba'l Hamon The Abode of 'El 'El the Divine Patriarch Yahweh and 'El 'El in the Bible 'El Epithets in Patriarchal Narratives The Name Yahweh The Cultus of the Israelite League Prolegomena The Myth and Ritual School The History-of- Redemption School The Divine Warrior Psalm 24 and the Warrior-King The "Ritual Conquest" Transformations of the "Ritual Conquest" The Song of the Sea and Canaanite Myth The Mythic Cycle of Ba'l and 'Anat The Song of the Sea League and Kingdom Yahweh and Ba'I The Theophany of Ba'l The Storm Theophany in the Bible The Revelation at |
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Sinai History of the Tradition of the Storm Theophany 'El's Modes of Revelation Yahweh and the Council of the Gods Ba'l versus Yahweh The Priestly Houses of Early Israel The Classical View of Israel's Early Priesthood The Function of the Stories of Conflict The Priestly Genealogies The Priests of David's National Shrine Kings and Prophets The Ideologies of Kingship in the Era of the Empire: Conditional Covenant and Eternal Decree The Limited Monarchy of Saul and Monarchy in the Northern Kingdom Davidic Kingship The Imperial Rule of Solomon The Judaean Royal Theology The Typology of the Royal Ideology A Brief Excursus on berit , "Covenant" The Themes of the Book of Kings and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History The Contemporary Discussion of the Structure of the Deuteronornistic History The Two Themes of the First Edition of the Deuteronomistic History (Dtr 1 ) The Theme of the Exilic Edition of the History (Dtr 2 ) The Two Editions of the Deuteronomistic History Exile and Apocalyptic The Priestly Work The So-Called P-Source of the Pentateuch The P System of Covenants Is P a Narrative Source? Documents Used by P Archaizing Language in P The Date of P The Composition of the Priestly Work The Early History of the Apocalyptic Community at Qumran The Archaeological Context of the Qumran Qumran and the Essenes The Essenes: Priestly Apocalyptists Essene Origins A Note on the Study of Apocalyptic Origins Index of Biblical Citations Index of Ugaritic Citations Index of Technical Terms Index of Authors General Index |
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Directed toward a synthesis of the history of the religion of Israel, the essays in this volume address key aspects of Israelite religious development. |
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