Description: In this book, scholars from various religious and theological backgrounds reflect upon the connection between theology and the Star Trek series and films.
Brief description: Matthew Brake (M.Div., Regent University) is the series editor for the Theology and Pop Culture series and runs the Popular Culture and Theology blog.
Review Quotes:
"The contributors to Theology and Star Trek have boldly gone to the final frontier of inquiry about the franchise's treatment of religion, from Gene Roddenberry's depiction of classical gods as alien travelers to the spiritual practices of Vulcans, Klingons, and Bajorans in later series. Important themes discussed include free will, ecology, and transhumanism, among many others. These essays enhance Star Trek's optimistic hope for a future in which humans and non-humans work together while respecting our infinite diversity in infinite combinations." --Jason T. Eberl, Saint Louis University; co-editor of Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant
"The Star Trek multiverse is one of late modernity's defining explorations of science fiction's great "What if?" question. For far too long, scholars have ignored the extraordinary depth of religious feeling and the ways in which it defines not only Earthbound cultures, but those beyond our solar system. Theology and Star Trek makes another bold essay into the strange new worlds of the religious imagination." --Douglas E. Cowan, Renison University College, University of Waterloo