Space in the Catholic Imagination

This course will explore what modern astronomy can tell us about the cosmos and other possible worlds, how theologians treat these issues regarding Christology and soteriology, and how science fiction authors envision such worlds.

This course, taught by Alan Vincelette at St. John’s Seminary, will bring in various astronomers, theologians, and science fiction authors to discuss what modern astronomy can tell us about the cosmos and other possible worlds, how theologians treat these issues regarding Christology and soteriology, and how science fiction authors envision such worlds.

Seminary: St. John’s Seminary
Keywords: cosmology, astronomy, exoplanets, theology and cosmology

Space in the Catholic Imagination

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