Religious Futurisms

Religious Futurisms is a collection of critical essays that offers a systematic theoretical framework for the emerging interdisciplinary field of Religious Futurism, operating at the intersection of religious thought and speculative temporality. The essays in this book examine a diverse body of work and draw on multiple academic disciplines including literary criticism, science fiction studies, film studies, theology, religious studies, anthropology and future-oriented approaches to the humanities in general. The chapters explore such wide-ranging topics as the relationship between culture and religious ideology; futures of religion; religion and world-building; futurism and cultural appropriation; religious temporality; spiritual and religious rituals and visions of temporality, ecology and religion; and indigenous visions of the future. The authors address major world religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism, as well as various spiritual traditions and indigenous belief systems. Covering works emerging from China, South Korea, India, Israel, Syria, France, the UK, the US and Canada, and featuring chapters by an ensemble of international scholars, this volume also makes a significant contribution to the study of world literatures and cultures.