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Theology and Star Trek
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After Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005, Star Trek went on hiatus until the 2009 film Star Trek and its sequels. With the success of these films, Star Trek returned to the small screen with series like Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds. These films and series, in different ways, reflect cultural shifts in Western society. Theology and Star Trek gathers a group of scholars from various religious and theological disciplines to reflect upon the connection between theology and Star Trek anew. The essays in part one, "These are the Voyages," explore the overarching themes of Star Trek and the thought of its creator, Gene Roddenberry. Part two, "Strange New Worlds," discusses politics and technology. Part three, "To Explore and to Seek," focuses on issues related to practice and formation. Part four, "To Boldly Go," contemplates the future of Star Trek.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Part I: These Are the Voyages
- 1: Gods and Theology in the Star Trek Universe: The First Commandment and the Prime Directive
- 2: Critique and Creativity: Canonicity and Mythos in Star Trek and Religion
- 3: Star Trek, Time Travel, and the Problem of Evil: A Science Fiction Theodicy
- 4: This Was Your Ritual: Theology, Crypto-Theology, Star Trek, and the Teleological Limits of the Study of Religion
- 5: The Future of the Future of Humanity: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Star Trek
- 6: Starfleetās AWOL Chaplain: Why Star Trekās Federation Lacks Chaplains
- Part II: Strange New Worlds
- 7: Malfunction and Transcendence: Machines, Free Will, and Spiritual Transformation in Star Trek
- 8: Borg Eschatology and Alien Flesh: Theological Anthropology and the Limits of the Human
- 9: Context Is for Kings: Existential Threats, Carl Schmitt, and Political Theology in Star Trek: Discovery
- 10: Help Save the Whales, Help Save Our Selves: The Participatory Confluence of Social and Ecological Salvation as a Voyage Home in Star Trek
- 11: Personhood and Theology in the Case of Data of the USS Enterprise
- 12: The Devil of Many Names: Ardra and the Problem of the Use of the Term āDemonā to Other Civilizations
- 13: Becoming Gods
- 14: Building Bashir: The Science and Ethics of Gene Editing in Deep Space Nine
- Part III: To Explore and to Seek
- 15: Seven Deadly Sins in the Delta Quadrant
- 16: Fundamentalism and Openness in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Timothy Harvie and Michael R. MacLeod
- 17: āPeldor Joyā: Liturgies of Rest in the Star Trek Universe
- 18: These Are Our Stories: Narrative Moral Formation in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Alasdair MacIntyre
- 19: Identity and Moral Personhood in Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, and Picard
- 20: The Telos of Humanity: Star Trek in Dialogue with Hebrews
- Part IV: To Boldly Go
- Epilogue : Picard and the Future of Star Trek and Theology
- About the Editors and Contributors