Michael Collings is a writer and former professor of English at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and author of a biography of Orson Scott Card, an award-winning science fiction author who has used portions of the Book of Mormon in his works. Collings traces a link between belief in Mormonism and an affinity for science […]

James F. McGrath, a professor of religion at Butler University in Indianapolis, has taught a course called “Religion in Science Fiction.” Read the syllabus and introduction with extensive bibliography and links. He is editor of the book Religion and Science Fiction and co-editor of a book about religion and the long-running BBC television series Dr. Who. His blog, Religion Prof, sometimes […]

A conversation between Bill Moyers and George Lucas on the meaning of the Force and the true theology of Star Wars (Time, Apr. 26, 1999).

In a 2002 Salon article, Steve Hart writes, “Beneath all the pseudo-mythic Joseph Campbell hogwash, the roots of George Lucas’ empire lie not in “The Odyssey” but in classic and pulp 20th century sci-fi.”

A BBC News article published in 2003 about fans urging people to list Jedi as their religion in census records.

A look at the Taoist concept of wu wei through the lens of the Star Wars series. Published by John Porter on Beliefnet in 2003.

A paper by by John S. Schultes, published in the October 2003 issue of the Journal of Religion & Film.

A paper published in 2000 by John C. Lyden, editor of the Journal of Religion & Film.  

Gregory A. Robbins, University of Denver religious studies professor, has taught the course “Jesus on the Silver Screen.”