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Theology and Star trek / edited by Shaun C. Brown, Amanda MacInnis Hackney.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Theology, religion, and pop culture.
- Theology, religion, and pop culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Star Trek television programs--History and criticism.
- Star Trek television programs.
- Television programs--Religious aspects.
- Television programs.
- Star Trek films--History and criticism.
- Star Trek films.
- Motion pictures--Religious aspects.
- Motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Television criticism and reviews.
- Film criticism.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2023]
- Summary:
- In this book, scholars from various religious and theological backgrounds reflect upon the connection between theology and the Star Trek series and films.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. These are the voyages
- Gods and theology in the Star trek universe: the first commandment and the Prime Directive / James F. McGrath
- Critique and creativity: canonicity and mythos in Star trek and religion / Timothy Harvie
- Star trek, time travel, and the problem of evil; a science fiction theodicy / Michael J. Stell
- This was your ritual: theology, crypto-theology, Start trek, and the technological limits of the study of religion / James Shire
- The future of the future of humanity: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Star trek / Joshua Canzona
- Starfleet's AWOL chaplain: Why Star trek's Federation lacks chaplains / Robert C. Stroud
- Pt. 2. Strange new worlds
- Malfunction and transcendence: machines, free will, and spiritual transformation in Star trek / Gabriel McKee
- Borg eschatology and alien flesh: theological anthropology and the limits of the human / Brett David Potter
- Context is for kings: existential threats, Carl Schmitt, and political theology in Star trek: Discovery
- Help to save the whales, help save our selves: the participatory confluence of social and ecological salvation as a Voyage home in Star trek IV / Christopher Hrynkow
- The devil of many names: Ardra and the problem of the use of the term 'demon' to other civilizations / Tupa Guerra
- Becoming gods / Zachary B. Smith
- Building Bashir: the science and ethics of gene editing in Deep space nine / Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong
- Pt. 3. To explore and to seek
- Seven deadly sins in the Delta Quadrant / Siobhan Benitez
- Fundamentalism and openness in Star trek: Deep space nine / Timothy Harvie and Michael R. MacLeod
- "Peldor joy": liturgies of rest in the Star trek universe / Amanda MacInnis Hackney
- These are our stories: narrative moral formation in Star trek: the next generation and Alasdair MacIntyre / Shaun C. Brown
- Identity and moral personhood in Star trek, Deep space 9, and Picard / Peter M. J. Hess
- The telos of humanity: Star trek in dialogue with Hebrews / Timothy J. Bertolet
- Epilogue: Picard and the future of Star trek and theology.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-0712-6
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