Follow Me: Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction is the seventh Call for Papers of Academia Lunare, the non-fiction arm of Luna Press Publishing.
The papers focus on the theme of religion in fantasy and science fiction, in all its forms, in different media.
Featuring papers from Ivano Sassanelli, Elyse Welles, Catherine Coundjeris, Barbara Stevenson, Eugen Bacon, Steph P Bianchini, Cheryl Morgan, Giovanni Carmine Costabile, Mark Kirkbride, and Kevin Cooney.
Table of Content
Introduction - Francesca T Barbini
‘Who Is Eru?’ Literary, ethical, and theological reflections about God and Religion in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
Ivano Sassanelli
Neo-Pagans & the Ainur Pantheon
Elyse Welles
A Christian Fellowship: Inklings’ Perspectives on Religion, Myth, and the Word
Catherine Coundjeris
Aestheticism versus Christianity in The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Barbara Stevenson
Toxic religion in utopian and cultural worlds
Eugen Bacon
An Agnostic’s Prayer. The Egyptian gods in speculative fiction and Roger Zelazny
Steph P Bianchini
Darling, You’re Just Divine! Queer Gods in science fiction and fantasy
Cheryl Morgan
‘This is my story’ – Girardian Theory and the Christian Subtext of Final Fantasy X
Giovanni Carmine Costabile
Heaven, Hell, and Virtual Reality
Mark Kirkbride
The Sacred and Profane- UFO Religions and Alien Messiahs in Rendezvous with Rama
Kevin Cooney