The Mutual Influence of Religion and Science in the Human Understanding and Exploration of Outer Space

• Other Authors: Weibel, Deana L. (Editor), Swanson, Glen E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Japanese Buddhism; non-western religions; space exploration; science; anthropology; religion; spaceflight; NASA; awe; astronauts; overview effect; ultraview effect; space policy; Evangelical Protestantism; religion and politics; President Donald Trump; Vice President Mike Pence; Space Force; General Social Survey; New Frontier; rhetoric; pioneer; nationalism; exceptionalism; manifest destiny; creationism; astronomy; incorporation; power; International Space Station; iconography; hierotopy; material culture; sacred space; cosmonaut; religious transhumanism; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; speculative religion; outer space; folk astronomy; anthropology of time; Kolob; history; Holy See; Vatican; neo-rationalism; astrobiology; Martian; complexity; diversity; anthropocentrism; moral; ethics; alien; life; cognition; culture; philosophy; sense of wonder; n/a
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This collection examines the overlap between religious and scientific approaches to understanding and exploring outer space, a topic that merits continued academic study. It is the hope of the editors that these works will bring new insights and suggest new directions for investigation in this burge...