TY  - GEN
AU  - Weibel,Deana L.
AU  - Swanson,Glen E.
AU  - Weibel,Deana L.
AU  - Swanson,Glen E.
TI  - The Mutual Influence of Religion and Science in the Human Understanding and Exploration of Outer Space
SN  - books978-3-0365-1672-1
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Basel, Switzerland
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
KW  - Religion & beliefs
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Japanese Buddhism
KW  - non-western religions
KW  - space exploration
KW  - science
KW  - anthropology
KW  - religion
KW  - spaceflight
KW  - NASA
KW  - awe
KW  - astronauts
KW  - overview effect
KW  - ultraview effect
KW  - space policy
KW  - Evangelical Protestantism
KW  - religion and politics
KW  - President Donald Trump
KW  - Vice President Mike Pence
KW  - Space Force
KW  - General Social Survey
KW  - New Frontier
KW  - rhetoric
KW  - pioneer
KW  - nationalism
KW  - exceptionalism
KW  - manifest destiny
KW  - creationism
KW  - astronomy
KW  - incorporation
KW  - power
KW  - International Space Station
KW  - iconography
KW  - hierotopy
KW  - material culture
KW  - sacred space
KW  - cosmonaut
KW  - religious transhumanism
KW  - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
KW  - speculative religion
KW  - outer space
KW  - folk astronomy
KW  - anthropology of time
KW  - Kolob
KW  - history
KW  - Holy See
KW  - Vatican
KW  - neo-rationalism
KW  - astrobiology
KW  - Martian
KW  - complexity
KW  - diversity
KW  - anthropocentrism
KW  - moral
KW  - ethics
KW  - alien
KW  - life
KW  - cognition
KW  - culture
KW  - philosophy
KW  - sense of wonder
KW  - n/a
N1  - Open Access
N2  - This collection examines the overlap between religious and scientific approaches to understanding and exploring outer space, a topic that merits continued academic study. It is the hope of the editors that these works will bring new insights and suggest new directions for investigation in this burgeoning field. Too often, religion and science are seen as diametrically opposed areas of human endeavor when, in reality, many scientists are influenced by religious ideas and many religious communities are inspired by scientific ideas. Religious activity has long been an aspect of humanity and will likely continue to accompany humans, even if or when we begin to settle outer space. We anticipate that this collection will be of use to future researchers studying the intersection of religious and scientific concepts of outer space. We would like to give our thanks to the authors whose works are included here and to note that circumstances during the very challenging year of 2020 have made it difficult for everyone who expressed interest in participating in this project. We also would like to thank our son, Luke Swanson, who was so very patient while his parents’ attention was focused on “the heavens”
UR  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4190
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76741
ER  -