Religion/Science/Fiction: Beyond the Final Frontier
Science fiction is conventionally assumed to be hostile to religion. This article argues that science fiction stories not only belie this assumption, but can even promote religious speculation. Science fictions techniques, the intervention by African American and other ethnic minority writers in the...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Equinox
[2014]
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Implicit religion
Année: 2014, Volume: 17, Numéro: 4, Pages: 395-404 |
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STUDY & teaching of science fiction
B MINORITY American literature B African American authors B Cognitive Estrangement B Minority Literature B Science and religion B RELIGION & literature B SCIENCE fiction writing B Science Fiction |
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| Résumé: | Science fiction is conventionally assumed to be hostile to religion. This article argues that science fiction stories not only belie this assumption, but can even promote religious speculation. Science fictions techniques, the intervention by African American and other ethnic minority writers in the literature, and the use of science fiction in the college classroom, all call into question any definitive boundary between science and religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.v17i4.395 |