Religion and Science Fiction - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0718892550 ISBN 13 : 9780718892555

Editeur : Lutterworth Press, 2012

Synopsis

Religion and Science Fiction explores the intersection between two topics that until recently seemed light-years apart. Both religion and science fiction tell stories that reflect on the place of human beings in the universe, good vs. evil, humanity's future, and at times about the very nature of existence itself. We need not look very far in order to encounter the point of intersection, where on the one hand science fiction takes on religious overtones, and where on the other hand religion takes on an aura of science fiction. This volume acts as a guide to issues encountered in religion and science fiction, bridging the gap between different works of science fiction, different sub-genres and different themes, creating a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject with theologians, historians, philologists and anthropologists. From Frankenstein, by way of Christian apocalyptic, to Star Wars, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, the authors who contribute to this volume promote religion and science fiction as multifaceted and multicultural phenomena. James F. McGrath has created an excellent introduction to academic perspectives on the subject, but of interest and readily accessible to the general reader.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James F. McGrath is Associate Professor of Religion and the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis. He is the author of John's Apologetic Christology (2001) and The Only True God (2009).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lutterworth Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0718892550
• ISBN 13: 9780718892555
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Éditeur: McGrath James F.
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