In the first two seasons of the HBO series Westworld, human guests pay exorbitant fees to spend time among cybernetic Hosts-partially sentient AI robots-and live out often violent fantasies. In Theology and Westworld, scholars from a range of disciplines within religious studies examine the profound questions that arise when the narrative of Westworld interacts with the study of religion. From transhumanism and personhood to morality and divinity, this book contributes to, confounds, and challenges ideas that are found in the study of religion and philosophy. Taken together, the chapters further our understanding of what it means to live in a world where the hard questions of human existence are explored through the medium of popular culture.

About the Author
Juli Gittinger (PhD Religious Studies, McGill University) is program coordinator for religion at Georgia College.

Shayna Sheinfeld is honorary research scholar at the Sheffield Institute of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies (SIIBS), University of Sheffield.


Book Information
ISBN 9781978707955
Author Juli Gittinger
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 449g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 160mm * 20mm