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Religion’S Future And The Future’S Religions Through The Lens Of Science Fiction, James Mcgrath
Religion’S Future And The Future’S Religions Through The Lens Of Science Fiction, James Mcgrath
James F. McGrath
While most scholarship in religious studies focuses on the past and present, the study of what the future may hold in store for religion deserves attention. Studying the treatment of religious themes and characters in science fiction provides one way of accomplishing this objective. From the possibility of time travel to key events in the history of religion, to the possibility of acquiring godlike attributes by technological or other futuristic means, science fiction regularly touches on topics such as the nature and universality of truth or the nature of personhood and of divinity in ways that can be deeply theological, …