{"id":88549,"date":"2021-04-12T05:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=88549"},"modified":"2021-04-11T06:19:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T10:19:38","slug":"the-past-present-and-future-of-christianity-in-science-fiction-lecture-april-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/04\/the-past-present-and-future-of-christianity-in-science-fiction-lecture-april-15th.html","title":{"rendered":"The Past, Present, and Future of Christianity in Science Fiction: Lecture April 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A reminder about my lecture this week, on April 15th, on the subject of \u201cThe Past, Present, and Future of Christianity in Science Fiction.\u201d Hosted by the University of Michigan<\/a> and its Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, this is an online lecture that will be given live on Zoom, with opportunity for questions afterwards. Here is the registration link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As I have been both working on the lecture and planning to share a reminder here on the blog, I decided to include in this post some links related to topics that I will mention in my talk. Here are some of those:<\/p>\n

There is a fascinating account of how a coin toss influenced C. S. Lewis\u2019 space trilogy<\/a>, an opera based on it<\/a>, Lewis\u2019 conversation about science fiction<\/a> that was published as \u201cUnreal Estates,\u201d<\/a> and his opinions about Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n

There is, while we\u2019re at it, a nice tribute to Bradbury that explores his religious views<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are helpful discussions of Margaret Atwood<\/a> and her views on religion written by\u00a0Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer<\/a>, Layton E. Williams<\/a>, and John Longhurst<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are discussions of the Doctor Who episode \u201cGridlock\u201d<\/a> and its hymn-singing<\/a>, as well as focused treatments of hymns like \u201cAbide With Me\u201d<\/a> that appear in the episode. There are also educational<\/a> resources<\/a> related to Doctor Who<\/a>, mostly focused on history<\/a>, that have been shared online by Twinkl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perelandra the Opera<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n