UFOs in Early Christianity: The Pleasures of Alternative Histories
This essay employs the framework of affect theory to explore the role of emotions in producing and sustaining attachments to UFO narratives in episodes from early Christian history. Why, I ask, do UFOs and aliens keep popping up in the miracles, visionary experiences, and biographical exploits of ea...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Theology and science
Année: 2024, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1, Pages: 66-79 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianisme et culture CF Christianisme et science HC Nouveau Testament ZD Psychologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
UFOlogy
B ancient aliens B Early Christianity B Affect Theory |
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| Résumé: | This essay employs the framework of affect theory to explore the role of emotions in producing and sustaining attachments to UFO narratives in episodes from early Christian history. Why, I ask, do UFOs and aliens keep popping up in the miracles, visionary experiences, and biographical exploits of early Christian figures? To answer this question, I focus on the ways affect is entwined with knowing—how the way knowledge feels structures the histories we tell. I argue that (ancient) UFO narratives are filled with pleasures, and these pleasures bind purveyors and consumers to fantastical modes of knowledge production. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2023.2292927 |
