A Terminator, a Transformer, and Job Meet: Creator-Created Relations in Film and Scripture
In this essay, I set the book of Job in dialogue with a number of films from the robot science fiction subgenre. It is my intention to show that both sets of literature are deeply engaged with questions related to how creators and created things can interact, and that they deal with these questions...
| Subtitles: | Science, pseudo-science, and fiction |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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| In: |
Zygon
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 172-185 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Job
/ Science fiction film
/ Artificial intelligence
/ Robot
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CF Christianity and Science HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Occupation
B Creation B Artificial Intelligence B robot science fiction |
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| Summary: | In this essay, I set the book of Job in dialogue with a number of films from the robot science fiction subgenre. It is my intention to show that both sets of literature are deeply engaged with questions related to how creators and created things can interact, and that they deal with these questions in ways that illuminate and complement each other. The study proceeds in three phases. First, I develop a typology of robot science fiction as I see it in Hollywood cinematic presentation. Second, I turn to unpack God's response to Job's complaint in Job 38. In this section, I focus particularly on God's self-description through constructive and parental metaphors. Finally, I suggest how reading these texts together can sharpen our understanding of the way in which the biblical narrative addresses relational dynamics between a creating God and humans as created beings. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12318 |