The Theology of Sci-Fi: The Christian’s Guide to the Galaxy

By: Scott L. Smith Jr.

Narrated by: Benjamin Kroger

Fold space using the spice mélange and travel from “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” to the planet Krypton, from Trantor to Terminus, and back to the scorched skies of Earth.

Did you know there is a virgin birth at the core of Star Wars? A Jewish messiah of Dune? A holy family in Superman? A Jesus and Judas in The Matrix? And the Catholic Church is Asimov’s Foundation?

This audiobook covers a lot of territory. It spans galaxies and universes. Nevertheless, the great expanse of human imagination will forever be captivated by the events of the little town of Bethlehem.

There is a reason that all of mankind’s stories overlap, coincide, correlate, and copy. Like it or not, all mankind bears the same indelible stamp, the mark of Christ. Why should there be a singular story binding us all? Unless we are truly all bound as one human family. At the core of the Monomyth is not another myth, a neat coincidence, but a reality - the reality of Jesus Christ.

At the heart of the Monomyth is a man, a very real man. The God-Man. The source and summit of all hero stories and myths ever told, both before and after those short 33 years in First Century Israel.

©2020 Scott L. Smith, Jr. (P)2021 Scott L. Smith, Jr.

Mind-blowing connections! Great narrator, too!

The first chapter, the Virgin Birth of Star Wars, is a tour-de-Force! (pun intended) I can't believe that I never noticed all the connections to Christianity that Smith points out. This is a great tool to reach out to young people or unchurched people to show them the beauty and singular impact of Christianity. What's more, this book shows that Jesus really is the reality behind EVERYTHING. Just amazing and an amazing level of detail, too.