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    Religion and Science Fiction by Thrall, James H.;

    An Introduction

    Series: Engaging with Religion;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 17 May 2024

    • ISBN 9780367465087
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages180 pages
    • Size 246x174 mm
    • Weight 400 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 19 Illustrations, black & white; 19 Halftones, black & white
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    Short description:

    This textbook introduces key ideas of religious studies through critical consideration of print and visual media that fall within the general category of science fiction and is a foundational text for students and instructors of religion and science fiction.

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    Long description:

    Religion and Science Fiction: An Introduction guides students into deeper understanding of how religion and science fiction engage often overlapping questions.


    This textbook introduces key ideas of religious studies through critical consideration of print and visual media that fall within the general category of science fiction. The goal throughout is to help students move beyond simply identifying points of interrelation between religious studies and forms of what is often called, more broadly, speculative fiction, to considering how the studied texts open new ways of thinking about human (and nonhuman) experience taken to be religious.


    With discussion questions, lists of key terms, extensive additional resources, and suggestions for projects and essay questions, this book is a foundational text for students and instructors of religion and science fiction.



    "An extensive and diverse approach to significant texts in the world of science fiction and religion, this volume is a wonderful introduction for both students of religious studies and scholars interested in exploring the convergence of these fields."


    Laura AmmonAppalachian State University, USA


    "If you teach a course on science fiction and religion, this is the textbook you’ve been waiting for. We have long needed a book that surveys the breadth and depth of religion in sci-fi, and does so in a manner attentive to representing the diversity of cultures, eras, and religions of the authors and characters in the genre. Thrall’s book offers that and does it well, discussing most or all of the stories you’re likely to assign in a course like this."


    James F. McGrath, Butler University, USA

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    Table of Contents:

    1. Introduction: Knowing Things; 2. Re-Presenting Traditions: New and Old; 3. Telling Stories/Acting Them Out (Myth/Ritual); 4. Imagining Divinity; 5. Evil, Sin, and Suffering: Dealing with What’s Wrong; 6. Being Human?; 7. Encountering the Alien Other; 8. Gender Utopia/Gender Dystopia; 9. Race, Science Fiction, and the Future; 10. Running Out of Time: SF Eschatology; Conclusion

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