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Astrobiology and Other Strange New Things

May 16, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 2 Comments

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by Hans Madueme  | Covenant College

Extraterrestrial life is standard fare in ­science-fiction literature. Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things is a fine example, a tale about a Christian missionary who journeys to another planet in order to evangelize an alien species.1 The Three-Body trilogy by Cixin Liu is an even better example of intergalactic drama; it is remarkably good Chinese storytelling than which none greater can be conceived.2 Beyond fiction, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has programs funded by NASA, public universities, and private donors. As astronomers discover thousands of “exoplanets”—planets that orbit a sun beyond our solar system—the cultural plausibility of alien life is strong. But whether such speculations have any theological plausibility is a different question ­entirely. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Didaktikos Tagged With: alien, astrobiology, astrochristology, college, covenant, evangelical, hans, lookout, madueme, trinity

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