Alissa Wilkinson and Robert Joustra. How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2016. 208 pages. Paperback $16.00. In How to Survive the Apocalypse, Robert Joustra and Alissa…
Melanie Keefe. Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015. vi+ 232pp. £16.99 hardcover. In her insightful and well-researched monograph, Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain, Melanie…
The Nolan Brothers’ movie, Interstellar, is the best science fiction flick I have seen in a long time. It holds together what great science fiction always has: the fantastical, the futuristic, and the human, along with something of the supernatural.…
In Christopher Nolan’s newest eye- and mind-bending space odyssey, Interstellar, there is plenty of action but also much to aid in silent contemplation. Nolan’s work is imbued with an intense spirituality that puts its emphasis on humanity. William Lynch was…
What might make a good Sabbath habit for a clergy person in front of the TV or laptop screen? And what could possibly be the relation of this habit to the service of God’s kingdom, or to the human wellness…
Editor’s Note: The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts is planning an international conference on Theology and Science Fiction for 2016. Watch this space for updates. In 1962, C.S. Lewis and Kingsley Amis talked over drinks about the developing genre…
Kevin C. Neece is a contributing editor for Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts, a media and pop culture columnist for New Identity Magazine and the founder and editor of The Undiscovered Country Project, an ongoing journey through Star Trek…
Kevin C. Neece is a contributing editor for Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts, a media and pop culture columnist for New Identity Magazine and the founder and editor of The Undiscovered Country Project, an ongoing journey through Star Trek…
Philip Tallon (PhD, Saint Andrews) is the author of The Poetics of Evil and the co-editor of The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes. He’s on Twitter sometimes @philiptallon. In high school I was an avid Star Trek: The Next Generation fan, so one of my great pleasures this last…