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October 2018

October 20, 2018

Greenish Darth Vader and the Myth of an Unchanging Original Text

Another illustration that emerged from my interaction with students at McCormick Theological Seminary had to...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Two Calls for Papers: Theology and Star Trek/Star Wars

Which is the more controversial? Bringing theology and Star Trek together, bringing theology and Star...

July 2018

July 04, 2018

Diverse Diversities

My project on artificial wisdom and driverless cars has highlighted for me the need to...

June 2018

June 21, 2018

A Wrinkle in the Expanse

I finally got to see the movie version of A Wrinkle In Time recently, and it...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

Canon and Nitpickery in Star Trek Fandom and Other Religions

Recently, Adam Kotsko blogged about Star Trek and canon (a subject of ongoing interest of...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Star Trek Discovery Season One Finale

The season one finale of Star Trek: Discovery brought the major arcs of the season...

February 06, 2018

Star Trek Discovery: “The War Without, The War Within”

The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery has so much about it that is fantastic,...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

Star Trek Discovery: “What’s Past Is Prologue”

The Star Trek: Discovery episode “What’ Past Is Prologue” offers a powerful message for our...

January 16, 2018

Star Trek: Discovery – The Wolf Inside

Early in the episode, Burnham reflects on whether it is possible to suppress one’s decency,...

January 09, 2018

Star Trek: Discovery – Despite Yourself

In the episode “Despite Yourself,” the USS Discovery finds itself in a different universe. The...

November 2017

November 18, 2017

Friday Recap #AARSBL17 – AAR Trek Discovery

I was trying to decide what to focus on in my post about my first...

November 14, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery – Into the Forest I Go

The episode begins with Captain Lorca receiving an order from a StarFleet admiral to return to...

November 09, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery – Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

With the proverb "If you want peace, prepare for war" as its title, it isn't...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery – Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

Online outlets as different as Forbes and IndieWire agree that Star Trek: Discovery has taken...

October 24, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery – Lethe

The episode introduces us to several continuing stories, providing new information related to each. Sylvia...

October 17, 2017

Star Trek Discovery: Choose Your Pain

Episode 5 of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery begins with Michael Burnham having...

October 11, 2017

Star Trek Discovery: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery focuses on a number of points related to...

October 03, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery – Episode 3: Context Is for Kings

This episode felt much too fast paced, skipping 6 months into the future, getting Michael...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

The Federation vs. the Borg

I made a Star Trek reference at last night's public lecture, in response to a...

July 2017

July 05, 2017

Star Trek Voyager #CFP

Below you will find a call for papers that recently came to my attention, which...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

Trust Data

A clever punny Star Trek sign from the March for Science in Seattle.

April 01, 2017

Assimilated into the Holy City

When I posted in the past about the cube shape of the New Jerusalem in...

December 2016

December 22, 2016

Remembering the Needs of the Many at Christmas

The intersection of religion and science fiction would be enough to justify sharing the above....

September 2016

September 16, 2016

Changing Canons: Bible, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Harry Potter

The subject of canon in sci-fi and Biblical studies isn't just something I've created a...

September 08, 2016

Happy 50th Anniversary, Star Trek!

I've been rewatching Star Trek: The Original Series from the beginning lately. Although I still...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Myths and Costumes

The blog Pictoral Theology shared the above cartoon. The title of the post aptly made...

July 29, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

I went to see Star Trek Beyond yesterday, and enjoyed it. It seems as though with...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

James T. Kirk vs. Jesus: Smackdown

Jim Davila drew attention to an article in The Times of Israel, highlighting some fascinating...

June 08, 2016

A Baptist Approach to Science Fiction

I saw the above meme on Facebook, and was struck by several aspects of it....

June 01, 2016

Star Trek Symposium Interviews

Here are a couple of interviews about Star Trek that were shared recently by the...

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