Religion and outer space

"Religion and Outer Space examines religion in and on the final frontier. This book offers a first-of-its-kind roadmap for thinking about complex encounters of religion and outer space. A multidisciplinary group of scholarly experts takes up some of the most intriguing scientific, spiritual, tr...

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Collaborateurs: Mazur, Eric Michael 1965- (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Taylor, Sarah McFarland 1968- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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Publié: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2024
Dans:Année: 2024
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Religion / Espace / Préastronautique
Classifications IxTheo:AA Sciences des religions
AB Philosophie de la religion
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religion and science
B Outer space
B Recueil d'articles
Accès en ligne: Table des matières
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Résumé:"Religion and Outer Space examines religion in and on the final frontier. This book offers a first-of-its-kind roadmap for thinking about complex encounters of religion and outer space. A multidisciplinary group of scholarly experts takes up some of the most intriguing scientific, spiritual, trade/commercial, and even military dimensions of the complex entanglements of religion and outer space. Attending to the historical reality that the interconnections between religion and the heavens are as old as religions themselves, the volume starts with an examination of "outer space" elements in the most sacred writings of the world's religions. It then explores some of the religious questions inevitable in this encounter, analyzing cultural constructions (both literary and actual) of religion and outer space. It ends with examinations of the role of religion in the very real and very present business of space exploration. What might motivate the spread of religion (or at least fantasies of religion in its myriad possibilities) into new interior and exterior dimensions of the cosmos? Only the future will tell. Religion and Outer Space is essential reading for students and academics with an interest in religion and space, religion and science, space exploration, religion and science fiction, popular culture, and religion in America"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0367542242