Religion and Science Fiction

Religious themes concepts imagery and terminology have featured prominently in much recent science fiction. In the book you hold in your hands scholars working in a range of disciplines (such as theology literature history music and anthropology) offer their perspectives on a variety of points at which religion and science fiction intersect. From Frankenstein by way of Christian apocalyptic to Star Wars Star Trek Battlestar Galactica and much more and from the United States to China and back again the authors who contribute to this volume serve as guides in the exploration of religion and science fiction as a multifaceted multidisciplinary and multicultural phenomenon.