What is our stance on religion? – The digital revolution and its dashed hopes for a freer, more equal and more united world are now being followed by a counter-revolution based on faith in a beneficial AI. We live under the hegemony of a digital restoration that seeks solace in an unorthodox spirituality. Judged against our religious heritage, however, the promises of salvation offered today appear more like poor metaphysics. What is therefore needed is a religious Enlightenment that will not be fobbed off with cheap idols. Should a deus ex machina appear on the world stage today, it would in any case be more likely to do so in the dominant medium of our time: in games. For the religion of the digital age, too, the saying holds true: to every god his medium, and to every medium its god.
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Edition
1/2026
Copyright Year
2026
ISBN-Print
978-3-465-04763-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-465-14763-3
Publisher
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
Series
Klostermann Essay
Volume
15
Language
German
Pages
161
Product Type
Monograph
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Inhaltsverzeichnis No access
I. Apocalypse now? No access
II. Deus ex machina No access
III. Provokative Theophanien No access
IV. Faiticheismus No access
V. Theurgie No access
VI. Medialer Illusionismus No access
VII. Religiöse Aufklärung No access
Psychoanalytischer Nachtrag zum Faiticheismus No access
