Holy Sci-fi! : where science fiction and religion intersect

Can a computer have a soul? Are religion and science mutually exclusive? Is there really such a thing as free will? If you could time travel to visit Jesus, would you (and should you)? For hundreds of years, philosophers, scientists and science fiction writers have pondered these questions and many...

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Main Author Nahin, Paul J., 1940- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Springer, c2014
SeriesScience and fiction
Subjects
ISBN9781493906178
978-1-4939-0618-5
ISSN2197-1188
Physical Descriptionxviii, 224 s. : il. (některé barev.) ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Religious Science Fiction Before Science Fiction
  • Time, Space, God's Omniscience, and Free Will
  • Religious Robots
  • Computers as Gods
  • Space Travel, Radio, and alien Encounters
  • Time Traveling to Jesus
  • What If God Revealed Himself?