Religion and Outer Space

Eric Michael Mazur, Sarah McFarland Taylor

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Routledge
07 July 2023

Religion & science; Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems; Popular astronomy & 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, 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."

Edited by: Eric Michael Mazur, Sarah McFarland Taylor
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367542245
ISBN 10: 0367542242
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 07 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric Michael Mazur is Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University, USA. Sarah McFarland Taylor is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, USA.