Theology and Star Trek. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Shaun C. Brown, Amanda MacInnis Hackney.
• Editors: Brown, Shaun C, 1983-; Hackney, Amanda MacInnis, 1979-
• Contents: Part One: These are the Voyages 1. Gods and Theology in the Star Trek Universe: The First Commandment and the Prime Directive James F. McGrath 2. Critique and Creativity: Canonicity and Mythos in Star Trek and Religion Timothy Harvie 3. <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek, Time Travel, and the Problem of Evil: A Science Fiction Theodicy Michael J. Stell 4. This was your Ritual: Theology, Crypto-Theology, <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek, and the Teleological Limits of the Study of Religion James Shire 5. The Future of the Future of Humanity: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek Joshua Canzona 6. Starfleet’s AWOL Chaplain: Why Star Trek’s Federation Lacks Chaplains Robert C. Stroud Part Two: Strange New Worlds 7. Malfunction and Transcendence: Machines, Free Will, and Spiritual Transformation in <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek Gabriel Mckee 8. Borg Eschatology and Alien Flesh: Theological Anthropology and the Limits of the Human Brett David Potter 9. Context is For Kings: Existential Threats, Carl Schmitt, and Political Theology in <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek: Discovery Matthew Brake 10. Help Save the Whales, Help Save our Selves: The Participatory Confluence of Social and Ecological Salvation as a Voyage Home in Star Trek IV Christopher Hrynkow 11. Personhood and Theology in the Case of Data of the USS Enterprise W. Craig Streetman 12. The Devil of Many Names: Ardra and the Problem of the Use of the Term ‘Demon’ to Other Civilizations Tupá Guerra 13. Becoming Gods Zachary B. Smith 14. Building Bashir: The Science and Ethics of Gene Editing in <span style="font-style:italic;">Deep Space Nine Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong Part Three: To Explore and To Seek 15. Seven Deadly Sins in the Delta Quadrant Siobhan Benitez 16. Fundamentalism and Openness in <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Timothy Harvie and Michael R. MacLeod 17. “Peldor Joy”: Liturgies of Rest in the Star Trek Universe Amanda MacInnis Hackney 18. These are Our Stories: Narrative Moral Formation in <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek: The Next Generation and Alasdair MacIntyre Shaun C. Brown 19. Identity and Moral Personhood in <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek, <span style="font-style:italic;">Deep Space 9, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Picard Peter M. J. Hess 20. The Telos of Humanity: <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Trek in Dialogue with Hebrews Timothy J. Bertolet
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (330 pages)
• Subjects: 791.4575; Star Trek television programs -- History and criticism; Television programs -- Religious aspects; Star Trek films -- History and criticism; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978707122
• Related ISBNs: 9781978707115
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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