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The Undiscovered Country Project: My Voyage Through Star Trek From a Christian Worldview Perspective
Posted on 08/09/2012 | 6 CommentsKevin C. Neece is a contributing editor for Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts, a media and pop culture columnist for New Identity Magazine and the founder and editor of The Undiscovered Country Project, an ongoing journey through Star Trek... -
The Vulcan Messiah: Spock as a Christ Figure
Posted on 07/09/2012 | 1 CommentKevin C. Neece is a contributing editor for Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts, a media and pop culture columnist for New Identity Magazine and the founder and editor of The Undiscovered Country Project, an ongoing journey through Star Trek... -
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Secular Postmillennialism
Posted on 06/09/2012 | 4 CommentsPhilip Tallon (PhD, Saint Andrews) is the author of The Poetics of Evil and the co-editor of The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes. He’s on Twitter sometimes @philiptallon. In high school I was an avid Star Trek: The Next Generation fan, so one of my great pleasures this last... -
Torn between Past, Present and Future: Seven of Nine and the Experience of Time
Posted on 05/09/2012 | 9 CommentsJim Watkins is assistant editor of Transpositions. He has recently completed a PhD in theology at the University of St Andrews. He enjoys reading books, visiting art museums and, of course, watching Star Trek. One of the most persistent questions... -
What Makes a God?: Wormhole Aliens and Bajoran Religion
Posted on 04/09/2012 | 5 CommentsIt’s no secret that Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek to be secular. In a 1991 interview in The Humanist, Roddenberry said: ‘I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people... -
Christianity and Star Trek: an Introduction
Posted on 03/09/2012 | 3 CommentsStar Trek is one of the most successful American TV and Film science fiction franchises. It includes six TV series (The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise) lasting a total of 27... -
Announcing: Christianity and Star Trek Symposium
Posted on 31/08/2012 | 1 CommentTranspositions is about to boldly go where very few Christian blogs have gone before. Starting on Monday, we embark on a mission to bring Star Trek and Christianity into constructive dialogue. We hope that trekkies and non-trekkies alike will be...
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