How will God and the Church Fit into the Metaverse?

Publication Date

5-2022

Authors

Grace Rose, University of New Hampshire

Abstract

In this paper, I tell a story about the argument over whether God and the Church will be part of our coming “metaverse.” While we can be pretty sure that the metaverse will be good for the full range of “congregations,” good, reasonable citizens disagree about whether the metaverse will be just a tool in God’s creation or whether the metaverse will move us past traditional notions of God. In this story, I introduce some of the characters who engage in and contribute to this argument. My story also animates some of the argumentative moves that these characters make.

Recommended Citation

Rose, Grace (2022) "How will God and the Church Fit into the Metaverse?," Comm-entary: Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholars.unh.edu/comm-entary/vol18/iss1/4