{"id":10925,"date":"2012-11-27T23:38:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T04:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2012-11-27T23:38:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T04:38:26","slug":"religion-and-spirituality-in-science-fiction-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/11\/religion-and-spirituality-in-science-fiction-narratives.html","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Spirituality in Science Fiction Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2012\/11\/wpid-Photo-Nov-27-2012-1144-PM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2012\/11\/wpid-Photo-Nov-27-2012-1144-PM.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"72\" height=\"114\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Via John Morehead, I just learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theofantastique.com\/2011\/11\/02\/religion-and-science-fiction-interview-with-james-mcgrath\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an interview I did on his blog in 2007<\/a> has been quoted in an academic volume, in a chapter that has a major focus on religion in Doctor Who. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, having only just found out about it, but given its subject matter it surely deserves a mention here already!<\/p>\n<p>The title of the book is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=l85zsiTI28sC&amp;pg=PA210&amp;lpg=PA210&amp;dq=star+trek+as+religion+and+theofantastique&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=PIRfSa5kff&amp;sig=LZZeeGvnIYslZAwuYd_4q9NV_wk&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=hnC1ULnsA-TYyAGO7oCYCA&amp;ved=0CE4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&amp;q=star%20trek%20as%20religion%20and%20theofantastique&amp;f=false\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital<\/a><\/em> published by E. J. Brill. The chapter in question is by Adam Possamai and Murray Lee, with the title \u201cReligion And Spirituality In Science Fiction Narratives: A Case Of Multiple Modernities?\u201d Click through to read the relevant section online.<\/p>\n<p>Of related interest,  <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5963475\/why-smug-atheists-should-read-more-science-fiction?utm_source=io9.com&amp;utm_medium=recirculation&amp;utm_campaign=recirculation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9 had an article today suggesting that \u201csmug atheists\u201d need to read more science fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interview between James F. McGrath and John W. 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