{"id":51639,"date":"2018-09-28T05:49:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T09:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=51639"},"modified":"2018-09-25T10:20:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T14:20:40","slug":"two-calls-for-papers-theology-and-star-trek-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2018\/09\/two-calls-for-papers-theology-and-star-trek-star-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"Two Calls for Papers: Theology and Star Trek\/Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Which is the more controversial? Bringing theology and Star Trek together, bringing theology and Star Wars together, or mentioning Star Trek and Star Wars together in the same post? The Popular Culture and Theology blog put the two calls for papers in separate posts, perhaps hoping to keep fans who are franchise fundamentalists from derailing and distracting from the clear worth of the volumes to which submissions are being sought. But I couldn\u2019t resist bringing them together here because I think the three-way tension is itself striking and may lead to useful reflection. Is it harder to bring together science fiction and theology, or to bring together two different theological or fandom franchises?<\/p>\n

Here they are \u2013 in alphabetical order, with no preference given to one franchise or another.<\/p>\n

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Call for Papers:\u00a0<\/strong>Theology and the Star Wars Universe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
Editor: Ben Espinoza (theologyandstarwars@gmail.com)<\/p>\n
Theology and Pop Culture is currently seeking contributions for an edited volume from Rowman and Littlefield on the intersection of theology and\u00a0Star Wars<\/em>. Essays may focus on any of the films, TV series, books, and other media that comprise the\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>universe. Essays should be written for academics, but avoid \u201cjargon\u201d to be accessible for the layperson.<\/p>\n
Read more at:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Call for Papers: Theology and the Star Wars\u00a0Universe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\u00a0<\/p>\nCall for Papers: Theology and\u00a0Star Trek<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Editors: Shaun C. Brown (shauncbrown@yahoo.com) and Amanda MacInnis Hackney (macinnishackney@icloud.com)<\/p>\nTheology and Pop Culture is currently seeking contributions for a potential edited volume from Rowman and Littlefield on the intersection of theology and\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>. Essays may focus on any of the television series or films that make up the\u00a0Star Trek\u00a0<\/em>canon. 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Bringing theology and Star Trek together, bringing theology and Star Wars together, or mentioning Star Trek and Star Wars together in the same post? The Popular Culture and Theology blog put the two calls for papers in separate posts, perhaps hoping to keep fans who are franchise fundamentalists from derailing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":43118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,90,91],"tags":[942,1518,11819,11822],"class_list":["post-51639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-call-for-papers-2","category-star-trek-science-fiction","category-star-wars-science-fiction","tag-babylon-5","tag-call-for-papers","tag-star-trek","tag-star-wars"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Two Calls for Papers: Theology and Star Trek\/Star Wars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Which is the more controversial? 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