Could WoW Be Considered a Religion?
Posted 29 January 2009 by Rushster
According to Dutch university graduate Theo Zijderveld, WoW could be considered a religion as it meets the four dimensions required to constitute one by French sociologist Danil Hervieu-Lger’s: Community, ethics, culture and emotion.
There is certainly a healthy WoW community, the rules could be considered ethics, the Warcraft Mythos or Lore is the culture and the emotion is the feeling we get from playing WoW.
“You have to level up as a way of self-realization. It can be very spiritual,” said Zijderveld. He concludes “In the Western world where the grand narrative has largely disappeared, virtual worlds can mediate the search for identity and spirituality. “
Read his full write-up in the subject here.
