{"id":56500,"date":"2020-08-25T05:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=56500"},"modified":"2020-08-23T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T13:09:51","slug":"religion-and-science-fiction-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/08\/religion-and-science-fiction-reading-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Science Fiction Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I want to share a number of things connected with my course on Religion and Science Fiction that I am teaching this semester. First, I\u2019ve been making videos to introduce certain topics, and I have made a few sci-fi opening credits sequences to precede them. As I mentioned recently, after I shared my initial versions of them on social media, a way was proposed to improve them dramatically (in both the literal and figurative senses of that word). If you\u2019re a New Testament scholar, you surely know Jeffrey Gibson\u2019s work on The Disciples\u2019 Prayer<\/a> (often called the Lord\u2019s Prayer or Our Father but if you\u2019ve read his work<\/a> you\u2019ll likely prefer his way of referring to it. If you\u2019ve ever heard him read a paper at a conference, you\u2019ll also know he has a wonderful voice. What you may not know is that he actually works as a voice actor. I hired him to provide the voiceover monologue for this and one other science fiction opening credits sequence for my class. Have a listen and you\u2019ll undoubtedly want to employ him if you do anything similar. I\u2019m tempted to hire him for the purpose of online teaching, to dub his voice in place of my own in all my lectures. That would be expensive, but my teaching evaluations would undoubtedly improve.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Religion and Science Fiction Star Trek Intro\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_01f7g0edpE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nIn addition, here is my provisional schedule of topics and readings. There will generally be at least one short story and\/or at least one academic article to be read in connection with a given topic. Movies and television shows are listed in brackets where these are particularly relevant to a topic, but we will not watch those in their entirety in class although students are encouraged to do so and can earn points for doing so.<\/p>\n8\/25:<\/strong>\u00a0Introduction: Defining Religion and Science Fiction \u2013 What is science fiction? What is religion? Why study them together? Where do we start?<\/p>\n8\/27<\/strong>: Cowan,\u00a0\u201cReligion in Science Fiction Film and Television\u201d;\u00a0<\/span>Dennett,\u00a0\u201cWhere Am I?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0;\u00a0Samuel Delaney,\u00a0\u201cAye, and Gomorrah\u201d\u00a0[TOPIC: Thought experiments; canons]<\/p>\n9\/1<\/strong>:\u00a0N. K. Jemisin,\u00a0\u201cNon-Zero Probability\u201d<\/span>; Octavia Butler,\u00a0\u201cThe Book of Martha\u201d; Chiang,\u00a0\u201cHell is the Absence of God\u201d\u00a0<\/span>[TOPICS: genre; science, miracle, and science fiction; theology and speculative fiction]<\/p>\n9\/3<\/strong>: Clarke,\u00a0\u201cThe Nine Billion Names Of God\u201d;<\/span>\u00a0\u201cThe Star\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n9\/8<\/strong>:\u00a0Philip Purser-Hallard,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/infinitarian.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/dendrotheology.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cDendrotheology\u201d<\/a>; Sanders,\u00a0\u201cThe Word to Space\u201d<\/span>; Bradbury,\u00a0\u201cThe Fire Balloons\u201d<\/span>; \u00a0[TOPIC: First Contact]<\/p>\n9\/10<\/strong>: Marcus Broaddus,\u00a0\u201cThe Voices of Martyrs\u201d;\u00a0<\/span>Robert J. Sawyer,\u00a0\u201cCome All Ye Faithful\u201d<\/span>; Harrison,\u00a0\u201cThe Streets of Ashkelon\u201d<\/span>; Murphy,\u00a0\u201cJesus and Life on Mars\u201d<\/span>; Meynell, \u201cChrist in the Universe\u201d<\/p>\n9\/15<\/strong>:\u00a0Garry Kilworth,\u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s Go To Golgotha\u201d<\/span>; James McGrath,\u00a0\u201cCertainty\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPIC: Time Travel; Dr. Who]<\/p>\n9\/17<\/strong>:\u00a0Michael Moorcock,\u00a0\u201cBehold the Man\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n9\/22<\/strong>: Robert Silverberg,\u00a0\u201cGood News from The Vatican\u201d<\/span>; McDevitt,\u00a0\u201cGus\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPIC: Artificial Intelligence] ST:TNG \u201cThe Measure of a Man\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n9\/24<\/strong>: Asimov,\u00a0\u201cReason\u201d\u00a0(Links to an external site.)<\/span>; Morrow,\u00a0\u201cSpelling God with the Wrong Blocks\u201d<\/span>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=En3zOa_5aj4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The God Question<\/a> (movie)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n9\/29<\/strong>: Chapter 2 from\u00a0Terminator and Philosophy<\/span>;\u00a0<\/em>Arp,\u00a0\u201cIf Droids Could Think.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[AI continued:\u00a0Bicentennial Man; I, Robot]<\/p>\n10\/1<\/strong>: Poul Anderson,\u00a0\u201cGoat Song\u201d<\/span>; John Brunner,\u00a0\u201cJudas\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n10\/6<\/strong>: Silverberg,\u00a0\u201cThe Pope of the Chimps\u201d<\/span>; Ted Chiang,\u00a0\u201cCatching Crumbs from the Table\u201d;\u00a0 Juli Gittinger,\u00a0\u201cDehumanization of the \u2018Nonhuman\u2019 Being\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPIC: Mythologizing Evolution; X-Men, Superheroes]<\/p>\n10\/8<\/strong>: Erich von Daniken,\u00a0Chariots of the Gods<\/em><\/span>\u00a0chapter 4;\u00a0Star Trek and Sacred Ground<\/em><\/span>\u00a0chapters\u00a03-4<\/span>; Aaron Smuts,\u00a0\u201cThe Little People\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPICS: What is a \u201cgod\u201d?\u00a0 Q & Adonais in Star Trek; Contact; Stargate; Ancient Aliens]<\/p>\n10\/13<\/strong>: Clarke,\u00a0\u201cGuardian Angel\u201d; Poul Anderson,\u00a0\u201cKyrie\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n10\/15<\/strong>: Philip K. Dick,\u00a0\u201cRautavaara\u2019s Case\u201d<\/span>; James Patrick Kelly,\u00a0\u201cSt. Theresa of the Aliens\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n10\/20<\/strong>: Vandana Singh,\u00a0\u201cDelhi\u201d<\/span>; John Brunner,\u00a0\u201cThe Vitanuls\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPICS: Hinduism; Cloning and Genetic Engineering: Blade Runner; Gattaca; The 6th<\/sup>\u00a0Day; The Island]<\/p>\n10\/22<\/strong>: Orson Scott Card,\u00a0\u201cMortal Gods\u201d<\/span>; [TOPICS: Mortality and LDS science fiction; Battlestar Galactica; Ender\u2019s Game; cryogenics, life extension]<\/p>\n10\/27<\/strong>:\u00a0The Book of the Living;\u00a0Star Trek and Sacred Ground<\/em>\u00a0chapters\u00a011<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a013<\/span>;\u00a0Raven Leilani,\u00a0\u201cWhen I Left My Faith, I Went to ComicCon\u201d\u00a0<\/span>[TOPICS: Fictional Religions like\u00a0Earthseed\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0the God\u2019s Gardeners; Scientology;\u00a0Fandoms as quasi-religious identities]<\/p>\n11\/3<\/strong>:\u00a0Zelazny,\u00a0\u201cA Rose for Ecclesiastes\u201d; Miller,\u00a0\u201cA Canticle for Leibowitz\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 [TOPIC: Post-Apocalyptic]<\/p>\n11\/5<\/strong>: Philip Jose Farmer,\u00a0\u201cPrometheus\u201d<\/span>; Payes,\u00a0\u201cIn His Own Image\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPIC: Universalism and truth; Enemy Mine]<\/p>\n11\/10<\/strong>:\u00a0Robinson, \u201cThe Far East Of Star Wars\u201d<\/span>;\u00a0Blaire Topash Caldwell,\u00a0\u201c\u2018Beam us up, Bgw\u00ebthn\u0117n\u0117!\u2019 Indigenizing science (fiction)\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0[TOPICS: Eywa; the Force: Pantheism; Gaia; indigenerdity; Taoism; Zoroastrianism; Avatar; LOST;\u00a0Star Wars].<\/p>\n11\/12<\/strong>: William Tenn,\u00a0\u201cOn Venus Have We Got A Rabbi\u201d<\/span>; Phyllis Gotlieb,\u00a0\u201cTauf Aleph\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPICS: Judaism; Superman]<\/p>\n11\/17<\/strong>: C. S. Lewis,\u00a0\u201cForms of Things Unknown\u201d<\/span>; Boucher,\u00a0\u201cThe Quest for St. Aquin\u201d<\/span>; Andrews,\u00a0\u201cEpiphany\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[TOPIC: Christianity]<\/p>\n11\/19<\/strong>: David Brin,\u00a0\u201cReality Check\u201d;\u00a0Bostrom article; Excerpts from\u00a0The Matrix and Philosophy\u00a0<\/em><\/span>[TOPIC: Virtual reality; The Matrix, Total Recall, Vanilla Sky, Star Trek: Generations; Upload; Westworld; Altered Carbon]<\/p>\n11\/24<\/strong>: Asimov,\u00a0\u201cThe Last Question\u201d;\u00a0Kurzweil<\/span>\u00a0and Moravec selections; [TOPIC: Terraforming; Singularity]<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nThere will also be a series of debates on selected topics where students argue the case for or against adopting a particular stance on a sci-fi issue.<\/p>\n9\/8: Should religious freedom extend beyond Earth? Do religions have the right to proselytize through interstellar transmissions or missionary journeys?<\/p>\n9\/15: Should time travel be illegal?<\/p>\n9\/22: Can an artificial intelligence be considered a member\/adherent of a religion?<\/p>\n9\/24: Can the three laws of robotics protect humanity from machines?<\/p>\nOR: Can a machine deserve \u201chuman\u201d rights?<\/p>\n9\/29: Can\/should artificial intelligences be used to come up with arguments for the existence of God\/the truthfulness of specific religions\u2019 claims?<\/p>\nOR: Should the running of our world be handed over to an artificial intelligence, programmed to act in humanity\u2019s best interest?<\/p>\n10\/6: Mutants with superior intellectual, athletic, and other abilities are emerging as a result of evolution. Should special laws be enforced upon them, to protect humanity\u2019s traditional form? Should they be rounded up and either eliminated, or studied so that we can unlock the secret behind their special abilities and share it with everyone?<\/p>\nOR: Should limits be placed on the rights of human beings to alter themselves through genetic manipulation and cyborg enhancements?<\/p>\n10\/8: Might humanity\u2019s gods be aliens? If this turned out to be true, what might the implications be?<\/p>\nOR: If we discover evidence of intelligent alien life, should it be covered up to avoid traumatizing humanity?<\/p>\n10\/22: If pharmaceutical companies develop a drug or other treatment that can prolong human life indefinitely, should its sale and use be outlawed?<\/p>\n10\/27: Should science fiction fans have their beliefs, pilgrimages, and right to wear costumes protected in the same way that (other) religions do?<\/p>\n10\/29: A powerful otherworldly intelligence has contacted the UN and demanded our worship. Should we comply?<\/p>\n11\/5: We have made contact with aliens who have nothing corresponding to human religious beliefs and practices. Should we cover this up?<\/p>\n11\/12: Should terraforming of other worlds be allowed?<\/p>\n11\/19: Should humanity pursue transferring our consciousnesses into machines as a way of ensuring our long-term survival?<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAny suggestions for additions or substitutions? It isn\u2019t too late to make changes, and I\u2019ll be inviting students to make recommendations from things that they are familiar with as well. Nevertheless, it will remain the case that there is far more that is worth reading at the intersection of science fiction and religion than there is room for in a semester-long course.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I want to share a number of things connected with my course on Religion and Science Fiction that I am teaching this semester. 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