(urth) Theological Science Fiction

James Crossley ishmael at drizzle.com
Tue Sep 22 17:43:10 PDT 2009


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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