I’m not a big fan of the sci-fi/fantasy genre which might be surprising given my demographic (you know, a white guy, kinda geeky, who reads and has always read a lot). But there have been a recent uptick of interest in the blogs I read about the relationship between sci-fi and religion (or Christianity), so in case you are a sci-fi freak and haven’t seen them, I’m providing you with the links to follow.

First up, a few weeks back, The Guardian’s Comment is Free blog asked the question: What can science fiction teach us about God? Answers from British sci-fi authors.

Then came Julie Clawson’s blog post on Sojourners. Of high quality sci-fi, Clawson writes, “they are the stories that mean something. Stories that through their imaginings of alternative worlds tap into the power of the prophetic to deliver the message that our world too is not absolute, but imagined and therefore capable of change.”

On a related note, the annotated Bible of Philip K. Dick, the prolific and talented author of Blade Runner and many other works, is up for sale on ebay. In 1974, Dick had the first of a series of visions. His last novel is an imaginative retelling of Episcopal Bishop James Pike’s spiritual quest and death in the desert, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer.