Venturing to Worlds Unknown
Science fiction writers are our modern seers of sorts. Creating worlds that are not our own, they inspire us to look beyond and imagine "what if?" The summer edition of
An Unexpected Journal
explores the impact these world builders have had on our culture.
From the classic science fiction book
The First Men in the Moon
to modern sci-fi favorites from Brandon Sanderson, explore the what these stories say about us as a society and individually.
Contents
"The Spiritual Borders of Sci-Fi: C.S. Lewis and
A Voyage to Arcturus
"
by Jason Monroe.
"Ghost"
a science fiction short story by Alicia Pollard
"Illustrating Faith"
by Josiah Peterson on Christian faith in The Ransom Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
"Gender, Not Sex: Presentation of Gender Roles in Lewis's The Ransom Trilogy"
by Annie Nardone on the harmonious relationship of masculinity and femininity.
"Spacemen without Chests? Virtue and Technology in
Star Trek
and
Dune
by Seth Myers on the relevance of C.S. Lewis in popular science fiction.
Gremlins
and the Second Way"
by C.M. Alvarez on creation and causation.
"To Infinity and Beyond"
by Douglas LeBlanc on how science fiction can improve our understanding of God.
"Time Travelers."
a science fiction poem by Laurie Grube
"The Autumn People"
an essay by Megan Joy Rials on the way science fiction illustrates goodness, sacrifice, and community illustrated in Ray Bradbury's
Something Wicked This Way Comes
.
"Materialism and Midichlorians: Pantheism, Naturalism, and Hope in
Star Wars
by Zak Schmoll on the apologetic value of a galaxy far, far away.
"Imagining Morality" by Sean Hadley on moral development in speculative fiction.
"Excerpt from
Note to Self
by Donald W. Catchings, Jr. An exclusive preview of a chapter of his upcoming time travel science fiction novel.
Starsight
Review"
by Christy Luis on the need for philosophical depth found in the work of science fiction writer Brandon Peterson.
"Ethics of
The Matrix
by C.M. Alvarez the dangers of relativism illustrated in
The Matrix.
What Makes Us Human?
" A reflection and poem by Annie Nardone.
Personhood in
Altered Carbon
" by Cherish Nelson on the dangers of diminishing bodies."
"To Save a Life"
by Zak Schmoll on finding resolution in
Ender's Game
Summer 2020
Volume 3, Issue 2
230 pages
About
is the endeavor of a merry band of Houston Baptist University Master of Arts in Apologetics students and alumni. The Journal seeks to demonstrate the truth of Christianity through both reason and the imagination to engage the culture from a Christian worldview.