Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Nahin, Paul J. (1940-....)
Titre(s) : Holy sci-fi! [Texte électronique] : where science fiction and religion intersect / Paul J. Nahin
Publication : New York : Springer, [2014]
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Science and fiction
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index
Can a computer have a soul? Are religion and science mutually exclusive? Is there
really such a thing as free will? If you could time travel to visit Jesus, would you
(and should you)? For hundreds of years, philosophers, scientists and science fiction
writers have pondered these questions and many more. In Holy Sci-Fi!, popular writer
Paul Nahin explores the fertile and sometimes uneasy relationship between science
fiction and religion. With a scope spanning the history of religion, philosophy and
literature, Nahin follows religious themes in science fiction from Feynman to Foucault
and from Asimov to Aristotle. An intriguing journey through popular and well-loved
books and stories, Holy Sci-Fi! shows how sci-fi has informed humanity's attitudes
towards our faiths, our future and ourselves. -- Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Religion et littérature
Genre ou forme : Science-fiction
Indice(s) Dewey :
809.4 (23e éd.) = Essai littéraire - Histoire et critique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781493906185
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446677943
Notice n° :
FRBNF44667794
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Religious Science Fiction Before Science Fiction ; Time, Space, God's
Omniscience, and Free Will ; Religious Robots ; Computers as Gods ; Space Travel,
Radio, and alien Encounters ; Time Traveling to Jesus ; What If God Revealed Himself?
