In addition to teaching my Historical Jesus class for the first time this semester, I also plan to work on the course description for the new course on religion and science fiction that I’ll be teaching in the Spring.
The gist of it will be something along the following lines:
This course will explore and critically reflect on religious themes, motifs, concepts and allusions in science fiction (including television and film as well as classic and more recent literature). Philosophical and ethical issues with a religious component will also be considered.
The real question is whether it should end with something like the following:
So join the Dharma Initiative, jack into the matrix, and boldly go where no Butler student has gone before!
Any thoughts?
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