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"Religion and Outer Space examines religion in and on the final frontier. This book offers a first-of-its-kind roadmap for thinking about complex encounters of religion and outer space. A multidisciplinary group of scholarly experts takes up some of the most intriguing scientific, spiritual, trade/commercial, and even military dimensions of the complex entanglements of religion and outer space. Attending to the historical reality that the interconnections between religion and the heavens are as old as religions themselves, the volume starts with an examination of "outer space" elements in the most sacred writings of the world's religions. It then explores some of the religious questions inevitable in this encounter, analyzing cultural constructions (both literary and actual) of religion and outer space. It ends with examinations of the role of religion in the very real and very present business of space exploration. What might motivate the spread of religion (or at least fantasies of religion in its myriad possibilities) into new interior and exterior dimensions of the cosmos? Only the future will tell. Religion and Outer Space is essential reading for students and academics with an interest in religion and space, religion and science, space exploration, religion and science fiction, popular culture, and religion in America"--

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Volume Introduction -- Unit I: The Study of Religion and Popular Culture -- Introduction to Unit I -- Chapter 1: Charles H. Long and David Chidester -- Connections 1a: Typologies -- Unit II: Foundational Texts in the Study of Religion and Popular Culture -- Introduction to Unit II -- Chapter 2: Sigmund Freud -- Connections 2a: Freud, Psychoanalysis, and the Fairy Tale -- Connections 2b: Freud, Cultural Critique, Self-help, and Religionized Therapy -- Chapter 3: Emile Durkheim -- Connections 3a: Durkheim, Memorial Day, and Civil Religion -- Connections 3b: Durkheim and Totemism at the Stadium -- Chapter 4: Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno -- Connections 4a: Horkheimer, Adorno, Religion, Consumer Culture, and Advertising -- Connections 4b: Horkheimer, Adorno, and Selling Religion -- Chapter 5: Paul Tillich -- Connections 5a: Tillich, Theology, and Culture -- Connections 5b: Tillich and "The Gospel According to . . ." -- Chapter 6: Roland Barthes -- Connections 6a: Barthes, Poaching, and Fandom -- Connections 6b: Barthes and Religion as Critique -- Chapter 7: Victor W. Turner -- Connections 7a: Turner and Liminal Raving -- Connections 7b: Turner, Religion, Sports, and Digital Gaming -- Chapter 8: Mircea Eliade -- Connections 8a: Eliade and the Monomyth -- Connections 8b: Eliade, Myth, and the "Buddy" Genre -- Chapter 9: Peter Berger -- Connections 9a: Berger And McDonald's as Sacrament of Modernity -- Connections 9b: Berger and Monsters of Chaos -- Chapter 10: Clifford Geertz -- Connections 10a: Geertz at the Movies -- Connections 10b: Geertz and the American Flag as a Sacred Symbol -- Chapter 11: Edward W. Said -- Connections 11a: Said, Race, and Religion.