Magical Spaces, Hybrid Spiritualities: Religious Implications in Digital Contemporary
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Digital religion, Videogames, Ritual, Avatar, Performance, Sacred SpaceAbstract
This contribution seeks to analyze the existing dialogues between religious practice and the universe of video games in order to explore how contemporary spiritual manifestations are articulated and experienced in the online context, thus producing transformative experiences.
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