RELIGION IN SCIENCE FICTION - INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the home page of the Religion and Science Fiction course at Butler University. Below you will find links to web resources that you should find useful.
INTRODUCTORY/GENERAL RESOURCES
Definitions of Science Fiction
Aslan's Kin: Interfaith Religion and Science Fiction
Science Fiction Literature In Antiquity
Marti J. Steussy, "Why I Write Science Fiction"
Adrian Warsfold, "The task of theologians as we enter the 21st century"
Worlds Without Number: LDS & Sci-Fi
Textweek: Movie Scene Concordance
HUMAN RELIGIONS AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS
MARY DORIA RUSSELL - THE SPARROW & CHILDREN OF GOD
ROBERT J. SAWYER - CALCULATING GOD
Robert J. Sawyer Web Site Calculating God
Sci-Fi Weekly Interview with Robert J. Sawyer
STAR TREK
The Real Star Trek Theology: Gene Roddenbury's Pantheism
Dr. Raymond Nighan's Star Trek Page
The Klingon Ecumenical Alliance
The Bajoran People of Star Trek
In the Hands of the Prophets (Keiko's Secular Teaching)
The Humanist Philosophy of Star Trek (CRIJ)
The Klingon Language Institute
Klingon (Yamada Language Center)
STAR WARS
Andrew Gordon, "Star Wars: A Myth For Our Time"
John Lyden, "The Apocalyptic Cosmology of Star Wars"
Jenny Hettenbach, "Star Wars and Religion"
Joel H. Linton, "Star Wars and the Goals of Mankind" (Columbia Standard)
Star Wars: Our Public Religion (USA Today)
Star Wars as Modern Myth Metaphor (IslamOnLine)
Star Wars Brings Pop Spirituality To Life
Shytei Shen, "Eastern Thought, Monotheism and the Force"
Spirituality of Star Wars (Faith & Values)
Rod Bennett, "Cracking the Star Wars Code"
Rob Wynne, "The Peculiar Religion of Star Wars"
Steve Rabey, "Star Wars Ressurrects the Cosmic Conflict Between Good & Evil"
Priya Chhaya, "Star Wars and the Force"
Terry Mattingly, "The Star Wars Nativity Story"
Terry Mattingly, "Star Wars, the Force, and God"
Paul Flesher, "The New Christ of Star Wars"
Muriel Verbeeck, "The Star Wars Religion"
CONTACT
Bryan P. Stone, "Religious Faith and Science in Contact"
Ray Bohlin, "Contact: A Eulogy to Carl Sagan"
Scott Detweiler, "Carl Sagan's Religion of Science"
Carl Sagan - Quotes on Religion
Contact: The Movie (official site)
Terry Mattingly, "Making Spiritual 'Contact'"
How To Sort Signs Of Artificial Life From The Real Thing
DUNE
Timothy O'Reilly, Frank Herbert
Chat with Kevin Anderson & Brian Herbert (Time)
THE X-FILES
Finding Religious Truth in The X-Files, by Teresa Blythe
THE MATRIX
What Is The Matrix? (official site, includes links to philosophy articles on The Matrix)
James McGrath, "Desert of the Real"
Robin L. Zebrowski, "Gnosis Reloaded"
The Message in The Matrix
Bill Stamets, "Nothing Is Real"
The Matrix and Jean Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulations"
The Matrix: Links (by Gordon Matties)
E. J. Park, "One Baaad Messiah"
Josh Burek, "The Gospel According To Neo"
Click the above link for a separate page on Battlestar Galactica
BATTLEFIELD EARTH AND SCIENTOLOGY
Click the above link for a separate page on Scientology and Science Fiction
OTHER LINKS
Victoria Nelson, "Cyborgs & Robots: Religion for Nonbelievers" [available through EBSCO]
Richard Corliss, "A Star Trek into the X-Files" (Time Magazine) [available through EBSCO]