Theological Science Fiction

James Crossley · 23 Sep 2009, 00:43 · from 2009-September.txt.gz

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From: ishmael at drizzle.com (James Crossley)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:43:10 -0700
Subject: (urth) Theological Science Fiction
In-Reply-To: <87bpl2jzlm.fsf at windlord.stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <C6DEBD2E.A4CE%ishmael at drizzle.com>

On 9/22/09 5:04 PM, "Russ Allbery" <rra at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Adam Thornton <adam at io.com> writes:
> I'll second the recommendation for Mary Doria Russell's _The Sparrow_,
> which I thought was an excellent treatment of the interaction between
> religious faith and first contact with respectful treatment of the
> capabilities of religion, although that one is definitely in the crisis of
> faith category.  (There's a sequel, _Children of God_, which I have not
> yet read.)

Just wanted to throw out a mention of an anthology many of you might already
know, _A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales about the
Christ_, edited by Michael Bishop.  Seemed relevant.

James

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