Past the Sky's Rim: The Elder Scrolls and Theology

Past the Sky's Rim: The Elder Scrolls and Theology

The Elder Scrolls series has entranced gamers for two decades with its deep mythology, complex history, and intriguing locations. Players have explored a world in The Elder Scrolls rich with kings, demons, heroes, magic, and gods. Past the Sky's Rim: The Elder Scrolls and Theology engages with the world from the perspective of academic theology and religious studies. Within these pages, scholars ask what it means to become a god, to die alone in the solitude of Vvardenfell, and to live in a world with different afterlives for different people. Attempting to move beyond a shallow engagement, Past the Sky's Rim considers Video Games as serious media capable of transmitting important ideas to those who engage with them and invites readers to think more deeply about what games can say about ultimate realities. Joshua Wise is a PhD student of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, has an MA in Systematic Theology from Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, a BA in Biblical Studies from Eastern University. He can be found on twitter at @JoshuaWWise.