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Author : Alan P. R. Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781602584624
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction Theology written by Alan P. R. Gregory and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the sublime in Christian theology and science fiction.
Author : James F McGrath
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718840968
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Religion and Science Fiction written by James F McGrath and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multidisciplinary book focuses on the intersection between religion and science fiction. Several perspectives are addressed by scholars from different disciplines: theology, literature, history, music, and anthropology. From Frankenstein, by way of Christian apocalyptic, to Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and much more, and from the United States to China and back again, the authors who contribute to this volume serve as guides in the exploration of religion and science fiction as a multifaceted, multidisciplinary, and multicultural phenomenon.
Author : James F. McGrath
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 149820452X
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Theology and Science Fiction written by James F. McGrath and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the difference between a god and a powerful alien? Can an android have a soul, or be considered a person with rights? Can we imagine biblical stories being retold in the distant future on planets far from Earth? Whether your interest is in Christianity in the future, or the Jedi in the present--and whether your interest in the Jedi is focused on real-world adherents or the fictional religion depicted on the silver screen--this book will help you explore the intersection between theology and science fiction across a range of authors and stories, topics and questions. Throughout this volume, James McGrath probes how science fiction explores theological themes, and vice versa, making the case (in conversation with some of your favorite stories, TV shows, and movies) that the answers to humanity's biggest questions are best sought by science fiction and theology together as a collaborative effort.
Author : Thomas Bertonneau
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Truth is Out There written by Thomas Bertonneau and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors explore the explicitly Christian implications and meanings of six classic sci-fi television series: "Doctor Who, Star Trek, The Prisoner, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files," and "Babylon Five."
Author : Richard Grigg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135006565X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction and the Imitation of the Sacred written by Richard Grigg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines science fiction's relationship to religion and the sacred through the lens of significant books, films and television shows. It provides a clear account of the larger cultural and philosophical significance of science fiction, and explores its potential sacrality in today's secular world by analyzing material such as Ray Bradbury's classic novel The Martian Chronicles, films The Abyss and 2001: A Space Odyssey, and also the Star Trek universe. Richard Grigg argues that science fiction is born of nostalgia for a truly 'Other' reality that is no longer available to us, and that the most accurate way to see the relationship between science fiction and traditional approaches to the sacred is as an imitation of true sacrality; this, he suggests, is the best option in a secular age. He demonstrates this by setting forth five definitions of the sacred and then, in consecutive chapters, investigating particular works of science fiction and showing just how they incarnate those definitions. Science Fiction and the Imitation of the Sacred also considers the qualifiers that suggest that science fiction can only imitate the sacred, not genuinely replicate it, and assesses the implications of this investigation for our understanding of secularity and science fiction.
Author : James F. McGrath
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498204511
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Theology and Science Fiction written by James F. McGrath and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the difference between a god and a powerful alien? Can an android have a soul, or be considered a person with rights? Can we imagine biblical stories being retold in the distant future on planets far from Earth? Whether your interest is in Christianity in the future, or the Jedi in the present--and whether your interest in the Jedi is focused on real-world adherents or the fictional religion depicted on the silver screen--this book will help you explore the intersection between theology and science fiction across a range of authors and stories, topics and questions. Throughout this volume, James McGrath probes how science fiction explores theological themes, and vice versa, making the case (in conversation with some of your favorite stories, TV shows, and movies) that the answers to humanity's biggest questions are best sought by science fiction and theology together as a collaborative effort.
Author : Gabriel McKee
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611644267
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)
Download or read book The Gospel according to Science Fiction written by Gabriel McKee and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thorough and engaging book, Gabriel McKee explores the inherent theological nature of science fiction, using illustrations from television shows, literature, and films. Science fiction, he believes, helps us understand not only who we are but who we will become. McKee organizes his chapters around theological themes, using illustrations from authors such as Isaac Asimov and H. G. Wells, television shows such as Star Trek and The Twilight Zone, and films such as The Matrix and Star Wars. With its extensive bibliography and index, this is a book that all serious science fiction fans--not just those with a theological interest--will appreciate.
Author : Frederick A. Kreuziger
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879723675
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (236 download)
Download or read book The Religion of Science Fiction written by Frederick A. Kreuziger and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction captures contemporary sentiment with its faith in a scientific/technological future, its explorations of the ultimate meaning of man's existence. Kreuziger is interested particularly in the apocalyptic visions of science fiction compared to the biblical revelations of John and Daniel. For some time our confidence has been placed largely in science, which has practically become a religion. Science fiction articulates the consequences of a faith in a technological future.
Author : Alan P. R. Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781602584600
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction Theology written by Alan P. R. Gregory and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction imagines a universe teeming with life and thrilling possibility, but also hidden and hideous dangers. Christian theology, often a polemical target for science fiction, reflects on the plenitude out of which and for which the universe exists. In 'Science Fiction Theology', Alan Gregory investigates the troubled relationship between science fiction and Christianity and, in particular, how both have laid claim to the modern idea of sublimity. From its seventeenth-century beginnings, the sublime, with its representations of immensity, has informed the imagining of God. Gregory examines the sublime and its implicit theologies as they appear in early American pulp science fiction, the horror writing of H.P. Lovecraft, science fiction narratives of evolution and apocalypse, and the work of Philip K. Dick. Ironically, science fiction's tussle with Christianity hides the extent to which the sublime, especially in popular culture, serves to distort the classical Christian understanding of God, secularizing that God and rendering God's transcendence finite. But by turning from the sublime to a consideration of the beautiful, Gregory shows that both Christian and science-fictional imaginations may discover a new and surprising conversation. (Book jacket).
Author : Steven Hrotic
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472534271
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Religion in Science Fiction written by Steven Hrotic and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion in Science Fiction investigates the history of the representations of religion in science fiction literature. Space travel, futuristic societies, and non-human cultures are traditional themes in science fiction. Speculating on the societal impacts of as-yet-undiscovered technologies is, after all, one of the distinguishing characteristics of science fiction literature. A more surprising theme may be a parallel exploration of religion: its institutional nature, social functions, and the tensions between religious and scientific worldviews. Steven Hrotic investigates the representations of religion in 19th century proto-science fiction, and genre science fiction from the 1920s through the end of the century. Taken together, he argues that these stories tell an overarching story-a 'metanarrative'-of an evolving respect for religion, paralleling a decline in the belief that science will lead us to an ideal (and religion-free) future. Science fiction's metanarrative represents more than simply a shift in popular perceptions of religion: it also serves as a model for cognitive anthropology, providing new insights into how groups and identities form in a globalized world, and into how crucial a role narratives may play. Ironically, this same perspective suggests that science fiction, as it was in the 20th century, may no longer exist.
Author : Scott Smith, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781950782260
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)
Download or read book The Theology of Sci-Fi written by Scott Smith, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fold space using the spice mélange and travel from "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" to the planet Krypton, from Trantor to Terminus, and back to the scorched skies of earth. Did you know there is a Virgin Birth at the core of Star Wars? A Jewish Messiah of Dune? A Holy Family in Superman? A Jesus and Judas in The Matrix? And the Catholic Church is Asimov's Foundation? This book covers a lot of territory. It spans galaxies and universes. Nevertheless, the great expanse of human imagination will forever be captivated by the events of the little town of Bethlehem. There is a reason that all of mankind's stories overlap, coincide, correlate, and copy. Like it or not, all mankind bears the same indelible stamp, the mark of Christ. Why should there be a singular story binding us all? Unless we are truly all bound as one human family. At the core of the Monomyth is not another myth, a neat coincidence, but a reality-the reality of Jesus Christ. At the heart of the Monomyth is a man, a very real man. The God-Man. The source and summit of all hero stories and myths ever told, both before and after those short 33 years in First Century Israel.
Author : Stephen May
Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Stardust and Ashes written by Stephen May and published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is science fiction's mass market appeal? In what ways do its devotees treat it like a religion? This book includes analyses of science fiction writers like Isaac Asimov, as well as programmes like Star Trek and 2001.
Author : Jeff Hood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction Theology written by Jeff Hood and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I used to think that life was about maintaining relationships. Now, I realize that such thinking is a prison. We cannot be fully free until we are fully free to choose. These otherworldly stories/or perhaps not so otherworldly stories are about choosing.
Author : George L. Murphy
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788023772
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Pulpit Science Fiction written by George L. Murphy and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To keep the Christian message relevant in our rapidly changing times, it's vital that churches come to terms with how modern technology and scientific knowledge have changed the way we understand the world. And because preaching is the church's primary mode of communication (especially with adults), it offers a significant opportunity to shape how we think about the larger questions of our existence. One innovative way for preachers to address these concerns is through popular science fiction. Because many of the genre's stories deal with the impact of science and technology on individuals and cultures, they often have implicit religious implications. Pulpit Science Fiction is a fascinating collection of creative story sermons that shows how you can use elements drawn from science fiction to boldly proclaim the Christian faith. In addition to 14 imaginative "science fiction parables," a pair of essays are also included that illustrate how references to science fiction films and stories can be utilized in preaching. George Murphy has extended Christian parable telling into the 21st century with a series of preachable stories. These engaging, sometimes poignant, and often provocative tales spotlight particular theological themes from scripture. Comments following each pulpit-tested story help to contextualize it in relation to literary sources and the liturgical year. This book is a remarkable gift to those charged with proclaiming the Word to that spacefaring species, Homo sapiens. Jim Miller, Senior Program Associate Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion American Association for the Advancement of Science George L. Murphy is a graduate of Ohio University, Johns Hopkins University (where he earned a Ph.D. in physics), and Wartburg Theological Seminary. An adjunct faculty member at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Murphy is also a Lutheran pastor who now serves on the staff of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio. He has been widely published in both scientific and religious periodicals, and has received two awards from the Templeton Foundation for his papers on science and religion. Murphy is the author of Toward A Christian View Of A Scientific World and Cosmic Witness (CSS), The Trademark of God (Morehouse-Barlow), and The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross (Trinity Press International). He is also a member of the writing team for the online preaching resource The Immediate Word (www.csspub.com).
Author : Paul J. Nahin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1493906186
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)
Download or read book Holy Sci-Fi! written by Paul J. Nahin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a computer have a soul? Are religion and science mutually exclusive? Is there really such a thing as free will? If you could time travel to visit Jesus, would you (and should you)? For hundreds of years, philosophers, scientists and science fiction writers have pondered these questions and many more. In Holy Sci-Fi!, popular writer Paul Nahin explores the fertile and sometimes uneasy relationship between science fiction and religion. With a scope spanning the history of religion, philosophy and literature, Nahin follows religious themes in science fiction from Feynman to Foucault and from Asimov to Aristotle. An intriguing journey through popular and well-loved books and stories, Holy Sci-Fi! shows how sci-fi has informed humanity's attitudes towards our faiths, our future and ourselves.
Author : James A. Herrick
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830825886
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Scientific Mythologies written by James A. Herrick and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does science have to do with science fiction? What does science fiction have to do with scientists? What does religion have to do with science and science fiction? In the spiritual vacuum of our post-Christian West, new mythologies continually arise. The sources of much religious speculation, however, may be surprising. Author James Herrick directs our attention to a wide range of scientists, filmmakers, science fiction writers and religious philosophers and discovers there the role that science and science fiction have played in such mythmaking. From scientists such as Francis Bacon, Francis Crick, Carl Sagan and Freeman Dyson, to filmmakers such as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, to science fiction writers such as Olaf Stapledon, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, Herrick finds a curious collusion of science with science fiction for promoting and justifying alternative spiritualities. The rise of these new mythologies, he argues, is no longer a curiosity at the edge of Western culture. This alchemy is catalyzing a religious vision of new gods, a new humanity, and alien races with superior intelligence and secret knowledge. This new mythology overshadows the realms of politics, science and religion. Should we follow such visions? Does science endorse these mythologies? Are we being offered a spirituality superior to the Judeo-Christian tradition? This book will help you decide.
Author : Mike Alsford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book What If? written by Mike Alsford and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who am I? Why am I here?Where am I going?What if . . .?Science fiction delights in asking old questions in new ways. Rather than being primarily about advanced technology and the imagined future, science fiction novels and films are more fundamentally about issues of human nature and destiny. They provide a unique perspective on the same questions that have dominated theology and philosophy throughout history. In this fascinating book, Mike Alsford aims neither to give a history of science fiction, nor to systematically identify specific religious motifs within the genre, but to create an interdisciplinary, exploratory space where we can engage with the primal themes in new ways. Whether we are already well-versed in science fiction, or have had only the briefest encounters with Frankenstein’s monster and Doctor Who, this book will provide exciting insights into questions of identity, the human condition, our relationships and our destiny.
