Theological Engagement with Video Games with Matt Millsap

Level up! In this episode, I talk with my friend Dr. Matt Millsap about engaging popular culture from a Christian perspective and also his scholarship on theological interaction with games studies and video games. In our discussion, Matt explains his overall approach to analyzing video games as meaningful cultural texts, and we also consider the ways that this type of medium and reflection might impact the life of the local churches. 

 

Matt is Associate Professor of Christian Studies and director of library services at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. 

 

Read some of his recent work in this area:

• "Infinite Domain: No Man's Sky and the Cultural Mandate," MJT 17.2 (2018): 42–57. 
• "Pastor, Your Congregation Plays Video games (and that's ok)" For the Church (March 2019)
• Baptist Press Interview on Dissertation Focus

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