Holy Sci-Fi! : Where Science Fiction and Religion Intersect

1. Introduction -- Author’s Note One -- God and Skepticism -- God, Fantasy, and Science Fiction -- God and Science -- Author’s Note Two -- 2. Religious Science Fiction Before Science Fiction -- The 'Start' of Modern SF -- Before the 'Start' of SF -- Early Theological SF -- Theological Maturity -- 3. Time, Space, God's Omniscience, and Free Will -- What is Time? -- Time in SF and Theology -- The Four-Dimensional World -- The Block Universe -- God's Omniscience in Theology and SF -- 4. Religious Robots -- Alan Turing, Artificial Minds, and the Souls of Machines -- Asimov’s Robotic Laws -- Robots and God -- 5. Computers as God -- Computers as Local Gods -- Computers as Planet-Wide Gods -- Computers as Known Universe Gods -- 6. Space Travel, Radio, and Alien Encounters -- The Fiction of Interstellar Space Travel -- Theology and Early Fictional Alien Encounters -- Interstellar Radio Messages -- Direct Encounters -- 7. Time Traveling to Jesus -- Time Travel: Fact or Fantasy -- Theology and the Past -- Jesus and Time Travelers -- Quantum Mechanics and God -- 8. What if God Revealed Himself? -- Not So Serious Speculations -- The End of It All -- Appendix 1: Matching Wits with 'God' -- Appendix 2: (fantasy) "Some Things Just Have to Be Done By Hand!" and "The Next Time Around" -- Appendix 3: (science fiction): "A Father's Gift" -- Appendix 4: "Applied Mathematical Theology" (Gregory Benford) -- Appendix 5: "Gravity's Whispers" (Gregory Benford) -- Bibliography of Short Stories Cited. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9781493906178