At the Interface: Theology and Virtual Reality

Currently, no "sign of the times" requires greater attention from the Church and contemporary theologians than the rapidly developing complex of life-changing events summarized in the term "virtual reality." Immediately it is necessary to ask: what is virtual reality? How much does it already pervade daily life? Perhaps the most significant theological questions of the present decade derive from one that is very fundamental: How does "virtual reality" pertain to the divine realities of faith revealed in Jesus Christ?