{"product_id":"religion-and-outer-space-paperback","title":"Religion and Outer Space - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Michael Mazur\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSarah McFarland Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReligion and Outer Space\u003c\/em\u003e examines religion in and on the final frontier. This book offers a first-of-its-kind roadmap for thinking about complex encounters of religion and outer space. A multidisciplinary group of scholarly experts takes up some of the most intriguing scientific, spiritual, trade\/commercial, and even military dimensions of the complex entanglements of religion and outer space. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttending to the historical reality that the interconnections between religion and the heavens are as old as religions themselves, the volume starts with an examination of \"outer space\" elements in the most sacred writings of the world's religions. It then explores some of the religious questions inevitable in this encounter, analyzing cultural constructions (both literary and actual) of religion and outer space. It ends with examinations of the role of religion in the very real and very present business of space exploration. What might motivate the spread of religion (or at least fantasies of religion in its myriad possibilities) into new interior and exterior dimensions of the cosmos? Only the future will tell. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion and Outer Space \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for students and academics with an interest in religion and space, religion and science, space exploration, religion and science fiction, popular culture, and religion in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Michael Mazur\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah McFarland Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750462226720,"sku":"9780367542276","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e273aa409b1e130a752576fcfb37b2fd.webp?v=1779950823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/religion-and-outer-space-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}