Journal of Alta California

Our Father, Who Art In Virtual Reality

The collision of the divine and technology is nothing new. From Gutenberg’s Bible to Copernicus to sacraments delivered over Skype, secular innovation has been (controversially) adapted time and again by science- and tech-minded believers as a compatible counterpart to the word of God. Now religion is meeting the world of virtual reality.

“If ever the Tower of Babel were raised again, it would be here, in

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