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Religion and science fiction [electronic resource] / edited by James F. McGrath.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. : Lutterworth Press, 2012, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 186 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780718840969
  • 0718840968
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and Science Fiction.DDC classification:
  • 201.680938762 23
LOC classification:
  • PN3433.6 .R45 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover; Title page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Religion and Science Fiction, James F. McGrath; Chapter 1: The Dark Dreamlife of Postmodern Theology: Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, and Alien Resurrection, Joyce Janca-Aji; Chapter 2: Sorcerers and Supermen: Old Mythologies in New Guises, C.K. Robertson; Chapter 3: Star Trekking in China: Science Fiction as Theodicy in Contemporary China, Eriberto P. Lazada Jr.; Chapter 4: Science Playing God, Alison Bright MacWilliams.
Chapter 5: Looking Out for No. 1: Concepts of Good and Evil in Star Trek and The Prisoner, Elizabeth DannaChapter 6: Robots, Rights, and Religion, James F. McGrath; Chapter 7: Angels, Echthroi, and Celestial Music in the Adolescent Science Fiction of Madeleine L'Engle, Gregory Pepetone; Chapter 8: Uncovering Embedded Theology in Science Fiction Films: K-PAX Revealed, Teresa Blythe ; Select Bibliography; Back cover.
Summary: As announced by its title, 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. Thus, gathering a range of distinct voices and approaches, this work edited by James F. McGrath shows how multifaceted and multicultural the science's fiction treatment of religion is.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186).

Front cover; Title page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Religion and Science Fiction, James F. McGrath; Chapter 1: The Dark Dreamlife of Postmodern Theology: Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, and Alien Resurrection, Joyce Janca-Aji; Chapter 2: Sorcerers and Supermen: Old Mythologies in New Guises, C.K. Robertson; Chapter 3: Star Trekking in China: Science Fiction as Theodicy in Contemporary China, Eriberto P. Lazada Jr.; Chapter 4: Science Playing God, Alison Bright MacWilliams.

Chapter 5: Looking Out for No. 1: Concepts of Good and Evil in Star Trek and The Prisoner, Elizabeth DannaChapter 6: Robots, Rights, and Religion, James F. McGrath; Chapter 7: Angels, Echthroi, and Celestial Music in the Adolescent Science Fiction of Madeleine L'Engle, Gregory Pepetone; Chapter 8: Uncovering Embedded Theology in Science Fiction Films: K-PAX Revealed, Teresa Blythe ; Select Bibliography; Back cover.

As announced by its title, 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. Thus, gathering a range of distinct voices and approaches, this work edited by James F. McGrath shows how multifaceted and multicultural the science's fiction treatment of religion is.

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