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The call to endless adventure: The dynamic unending ascent into God and virtual worlds
Author(s) -
Wise Joshua
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12522
Subject(s) - adventure , metaphor , analogy , metaverse , sociology , hierarchy , aesthetics , art , visual arts , virtual reality , epistemology , computer science , art history , philosophy , human–computer interaction , theology , law , political science
This article brings together the ideas of Epektasis, dynamic heavenly hierarchy, and adventure to discuss the nature of the expected heavenly new creation. Considering the idea of Epektasis as a never‐ending upward striving into God understood through the work of Joseph Campbell, adventure is used as a descriptive analogy for this process of delving more deeply into God as a community. Virtual worlds, especially video games, are presented as a contemporary metaphor for the invitation to adventure offered by a community's vision of joy and engagement with creation.