Science Fiction and Catholicism: The Rise and Fall of the Robot Papacy

Jim Clarke

Science Fiction and Catholicism: The Rise and Fall of the Robot Papacy

Jim Clarke

School of Humanities

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Abstract

The first ever monograph to explore the intersection and influence of Catholicism upon speculative fiction. Ranging over seven centuries of interaction, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, this monograph identifies an inherent anti-Catholicism at the heart of Anglophone speculative fiction. Via close theoretical readings of over 50 different SF novels and texts, the author reveals the enormous cross-fertilisation of ideas which SF and Catholicism have shared, each shaping the other and misunderstanding the other as a product of a fundamentally untrue ideological opposition.

Original language	English
Publisher	Gylphi
Number of pages	280
Volume	(In-Press)
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

Science fiction
Theology
literary criticism
Literary History
Catholicism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Literature and Literary Theory

3 Article
1 Web publication/site

Little Burgess and Big God
Clarke, J., 18 Feb 2017
Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Web publication/site
Anthony Burgess and Science Fiction
Clarke, J., 1 Jun 2015, In: SFRA Review. 313, p. 28-35 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
"The Resurrection Days are over": Resurrection from Doctor Who to Torchwood
Clarke, J., Apr 2015, In: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. 27, 1, p. 31-44 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)

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Science Fiction and Catholicism: The Rise and Fall of the Robot Papacy

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Research output

Little Burgess and Big God

Anthony Burgess and Science Fiction

"The Resurrection Days are over": Resurrection from Doctor Who to Torchwood

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