In astronomy and physics, tenuous theories stretch so far beyond themselves, become so speculative, that they become metaphysics. In this vast and terribly important region of unacknowledged ties between science and religion exists not only metaphysics, cosmology, perhaps Scientism, but also the entire universe of science fiction. It has a vision of the End and Ends of man. It becomes a secular kind of prophecy. Kreuziger here is interested particularly in the apocalyptic visions of science fiction compared to the old revelations of John, of Daniel.
Science fiction articulates the consequences of a faith in a technological future.
The Apocalypses of science fiction parallel the Apocalypses of John and Daniel. It will be appreciated first by specialists in the literature of science fiction, in eschatology, in theology. It adds to the growing literature on secular religion. Frederick A. Kreuziger is a free-lance teacher, critic, and theologian. He has taught at Regis College and St. Mary's Academy, Denver, and at the University of Colorado-Boulder.