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Author : White Wolf Games Studio
Publisher : White Wolf Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781588466594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Games of Divinity written by White Wolf Games Studio and published by White Wolf Publishing. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin A. Nowak
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674075536
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Evolution, Games, and God written by Martin A. Nowak and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the reigning competition-driven model of evolution, selfish behaviors that maximize an organism’s reproductive potential offer a fitness advantage over self-sacrificing behaviors—rendering unselfish behavior for the sake of others a mystery that requires extra explanation. Evolution, Games, and God addresses this conundrum by exploring how cooperation, working alongside mutation and natural selection, plays a critical role in populations from microbes to human societies. Inheriting a tendency to cooperate, argue the contributors to this book, may be as beneficial as the self-preserving instincts usually thought to be decisive in evolutionary dynamics. Assembling experts in mathematical biology, history of science, psychology, philosophy, and theology, Martin Nowak and Sarah Coakley take an interdisciplinary approach to the terms “cooperation” and “altruism.” Using game theory, the authors elucidate mechanisms by which cooperation—a form of working together in which one individual benefits at the cost of another—arises through natural selection. They then examine altruism—cooperation which includes the sometimes conscious choice to act sacrificially for the collective good—as a key concept in scientific attempts to explain the origins of morality. Discoveries in cooperation go beyond the spread of genes in a population to include the spread of cultural transformations such as languages, ethics, and religious systems of meaning. The authors resist the presumption that theology and evolutionary theory are inevitably at odds. Rather, in rationally presenting a number of theological interpretations of the phenomena of cooperation and altruism, they find evolutionary explanation and theology to be strongly compatible.
Author : Alan Alexander
Publisher : White Wolf Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781588464477
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (644 download)
Download or read book The Books of Sorcery 5 written by Alan Alexander and published by White Wolf Pub. This book was released on 2008-07-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joshua Kern
Publisher : Game of Gods
ISBN 13 : 9781090320636
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Game of Gods: The Beginning - A Litrpg / Gamelit Dystopian Fantasy Novel written by Joshua Kern and published by Game of Gods. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gods have gotten bored, and humanity is the answer. Charles earns the ultimate surprise one morning when he awakens to discover the world has ended, or rather the gods of old were bored and decided to redesign how it worked. Everyone else got a nice little message that showed up their vision, everyone else woke up when the gods decided to make their decision known. Only Charles gets cursed by the gods, and only Charles gets a visit from one as well. The Game of the Gods has begun and the monsters of old are returning to our world, and all it took was the death of half the worlds population and counting.
Author : Steven J. Brams
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262551454
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Divine Games written by Steven J. Brams and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game-theoretical analysis of interactions between a human being and an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being highlights the inherent unknowability of the latter's superiority. In Divine Games, Steven Brams analyzes games that a human being might play with an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being. Drawing on game theory and his own theory of moves, Brams combines the analysis of thorny theological questions, suggested by Pascal's wager (which considers the rewards and penalties associated with belief or nonbelief in God) and Newcomb's problem (in which a godlike being has near omniscience) with the analysis of several stories from the Hebrew Bible. Almost all of these stories involve conflict between God or a surrogate and a human player; their representation as games raises fundamental questions about God's superiority. In some games God appears vulnerable (after Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit in defiance of His command), in other games his actions seem morally dubious (when He subjects Abraham and Job to extreme tests of their faith), and in still other games He has a propensity to hold grudges (in preventing Moses from entering the Promised Land and in undermining the kingship of Saul). If the behavior of a superior being is indistinguishable from that of an ordinary human being, his existence would appear undecidable, or inherently unknowable. Consequently, Brams argues that keeping an open mind about the existence of a superior being is an appropriate theological stance.
Author : Klaus-Peter Köpping
Publisher : Lit Verlag
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Games of Gods and Man written by Klaus-Peter Köpping and published by Lit Verlag. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problems of games and play, a basic ontological category of thought and action, have long occupied culture historians like Huizinga and Caillois as well as mainstream modern philosophers from Heidegger to Gadamer. The present volume traces the concept of the ludic in its generative as well as in its violent and destructive potential, and relates the traditional concepts developed in particular by Romantic aesthetics in drama and poetry to those developed in modern times in literary genres by Bakhtin with the emphasis on the tropes of the performing body. The great variety of theoretical frameworks is grounded in and connected to empirical data on ritual processes and mythic structures across a wide spectrum of ethnographic evidence. The collected essays connect notions of the ludic as framed performance (proposed by Bateson and Goffman) with the ludic as "free play" with the potential to possess the player, crossing disciplinary boundaries and discourses from theatre-studies to anthropology. Forms of ritual processes, of mythic games and of cultural reflexivity, together with intriguing and universal tropes of myth and literature such as the figures of the trickster and the fool, are treated in cross-cultural perspectives. These include Indian, Greek and Germanic mythologies, Indian ritual dance and prophetic theatre plays in Ancient Israel, Bushmen syncretic religious services, the diverse forms of self-reflexive play among Brazilian Kayapo Indians, and the plays and games among the inmates of concentration camps. The volume should appeal to students of anthropology, of theatre and cultural studies, as well as to culture historians and philosophers concerned with the interface between ritual and play, or player and audience, and the larger issue of the rules of games and the freedom of the hermeneutic interpretation of text through performances.
Author : Lee Bailey
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252090446
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Enchantments of Technology written by Lee Bailey and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Enchantments of Technology, Lee Worth Bailey erases the conventional distinction between myth and machine in order to explore the passionate foundations concealed in technological culture and address its complex ethical, moral and social implications. Bailey argues that technological society does not simply disenchant the world with its reductive methods and mechanical metaphors, then shape machines with political motives, but is also borne by a deeper, subversive undertow of enchantment. Addressing examples to explore the complexities of these enchantments, his thought is full of illuminating examinations of seductively engaging technologies ranging from the old camera obscura to new automobiles, robots, airplanes, and spaceships. This volume builds on the work of numerous scholars, including Jacques Ellul and Jean Brun on the phenomenological and spiritual aspects of technology, Carl Jung on the archetypal collective unconscious approach to myth, and Martin Heidegger on Being itself. Bailey creates a dynamic, interdisciplinary, postmodern examination of how our machines and their environments embody not only reason, but also desires.
Author : Paul Dethroe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Divinity Game written by Paul Dethroe and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six tales of video games, alien invasion and murder.
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Author : Mark J. P. Wolf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440870209
Total Pages : 1365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Video Games [3 volumes] written by Mark J. P. Wolf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 1365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming is the definitive, go-to resource for anyone interested in the diverse and expanding video game industry. This three-volume encyclopedia covers all things video games, including the games themselves, the companies that make them, and the people who play them. Written by scholars who are exceptionally knowledgeable in the field of video game studies, it notes genres, institutions, important concepts, theoretical concerns, and more and is the most comprehensive encyclopedia of video games of its kind, covering video games throughout all periods of their existence and geographically around the world. This is the second edition of Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming, originally published in 2012. All of the entries have been revised to accommodate changes in the industry, and an additional volume has been added to address the recent developments, advances, and changes that have occurred in this ever-evolving field. This set is a vital resource for scholars and video game aficionados alike.
Author : Kei Sazane
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1975348508
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Gods' Games We Play, Vol. 1 (light novel) written by Kei Sazane and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the games begin! In their (overabundance of) free time, the gods grew bored and decided to create challenging battles of wits to spice things up! Their opponent? Humanity! A select few players called “apostles” meet the gods on the spiritual realm’s playing field to beat the deities at their own games. A former god named Leshea has woken after sleeping for thousands of years, and her first demand is to meet “this era’s very best player!” She is introduced to Fay, an acclaimed rookie apostle. Together, they plan to challenge the gods and win the ultimate prize, but no one in human history has managed to clear ten games—because the gods can be capricious, outrageous, and sometimes downright incomprehensible! In the face of absurdity, what can the apostles do but enjoy the contest to its fullest?
Author : Frank G. Bosman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429018681
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Gaming and the Divine written by Frank G. Bosman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book formulates a new theological approach to the study of religion in gaming. Video games have become one of the most important cultural artefacts of modern society, both as mediators of cultural, social, and religious values and in terms of commercial success. This has led to a significant increase in the critical analysis of this relatively new medium, but theology as an academic discipline is noticeably behind the other humanities on this subject. The book first covers the fundamentals of cultural theology and video games. It then moves on to set out a Christian systematic theology of gaming, focussing on creational theology, Christology, anthropology, evil, moral theology, and thanatology. Each chapter introduces case studies from video games connected to the specific theme. In contrast to many studies which focus on online multiplayer games, the examples considered are largely single player games with distinct narratives and ‘end of game’ moments. The book concludes by synthesising these themes into a new theology of video games. This study addresses a significant aspect of contemporary society that has yet to be discussed in any depth by theologians. It is, therefore, a fantastic resource for any scholar engaging with the religious aspects of digital and popular culture.
Author : Robert Barclay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book An Apology for the True Christian Divinity written by Robert Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward LEIGH (M.A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book A Systeme or Body of Divinity: ... wherein the fundamentals ... of religion are opened, the contrary errours refuted, etc written by Edward LEIGH (M.A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford.) and published by . This book was released on 1654 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Halstead
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1978711441
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)
Download or read book Sports and Play in Christian Theology written by Philip Halstead and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sports stadiums are the cathedrals of our time. Sports stars are the saints or demi-gods through whom we access the transcendent. Members of the sports media serve as religious scribes, and sports fans are the worshiping faithful. What is true of sport is also true, more generally, of play. Nevertheless, and quite remarkably, Christian theologians and religious historians have been surprisingly slow to recognize the spiritual and cultural significance of sport and play, or to engage in the study of these concepts. This book attempts to redress that neglect by integrating sport and play with Christian faith and practice. In Sports and Play in Christian Theology, ten Christian scholars and practitioners explore sport and play from theological, biblical, historical, and pastoral perspectives. This rich collection of wide-ranging reflections and focused case studies will help readers locate sport and play within Christian faith and practice.
Author : Mark Peterson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000626709
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Digital Games in Language Learning written by Mark Peterson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research into the application of digital games in second and foreign language teaching and learning. As the use of digital games in foreign language education continues to expand, there is a need for publications that provide a window into recent innovations in this increasingly influential area of language education. This volume is wide ranging in scope incorporating both theory and practice and includes contributions from authorities in the field. Areas covered include research reviews and a range of case studies conducted in a variety of international contexts. This volume represents an essential guide to developments in this field and will have wide appeal to students, language educators, game and instructional designers.
Author : Richard Baxter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian economics, (or family duties) written by Richard Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Barclay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)
Download or read book An Apology for the Christian Divinity written by Robert Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
