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.  

Michael Arbib is professor of computer science, biological sciences, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering neuroscience and psychology at the University of Southern California. He believes that findings about brain function may challenge cherished religious assumptions.

Kelly Bulkeley, a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., is the author of The Wondering Brain: Thinking About Religion With and Beyond Cognitive Neuroscience (Routledge, 2004). He says there is great concern among theologians and scholars of religious studies about whether brain research destroys the notion of the soul. They also […]

Gregory Peterson, philosophy and religion professor at South Dakota State University, is the author of Minding God: Theology and the Cognitive Sciences (2002) His primary area of research is the dialogue of science and religion.