CartScientific Mythologies
How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs
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Product Details
Line: IVP Academic
Length: 288 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: May 2008
ISBN-10: 0-8308-2588-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2588-2
IVP Order Code: 2588Related Subjects
Christianbook.com"Dr. Herrick gives us a fascinating, detailed, well-written and well-documented account of the alien worldviews that have emerged through the genre of science fiction. I know of no other work that addresses this counterfeit ideology from a deeply informed Christian perspective."
—Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, Denver Seminary
"Scientific Mythologies is a well-researched and well-written analysis of the role of science in science fiction. Both master scientists and tellers of tall tales are here. From Francis Bacon to Carl Sagan, from Mary Shelley to Steven Spielberg, Herrick moves from fact to myth and myth to fact. Fascinating from beginning to end."
—James W. Sire, author of The Universe Next Door
"With a remarkable array of carefully assembled documentation, James Herrick demonstrates how the porous boundary between science fiction and 'speculative science' has produced a new guiding myth in the West, allegedly capable of reenchanting the cosmos. Coming in the wake of numerous books that have snidely dismissed Christian belief as a lot of wishful thinking and superstitious hooey, Scientific Mythologies is a refreshing and revealing reminder of the odd forms a longing for transcendence can take when the God who actually did come down from the heavens is rejected. Christopher Hitchens, phone home!"
—Ken Myers, host and producer of the Mars Hill Audio Journal
What is it about UFOs and a sharper awareness of the cosmos that leads us to modify - or create new - religious beliefs? The author explored what an awareness of the possibility of aliens in our world is doing to our thinking about spiritual matters. It's quite a trip.
—Bill Tammeus, Faith Matter (billtammeus.typepad.com), August 23, 2008
Herrick examines seven specific myths that have arisen from the intersection of science and science fiction, and illustrates them with examples drawn from the works of popular science writers, works of science fiction, and science-fiction movies.
—George Wood, AG Think Tank (agthinktank.com), December 12, 2008
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