Research Note: Rejecting Monotheism? Polytheism, Pluralism, and Battlestar Galactica

In an interview on BeliefNet.com, Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald Moore claimed that his portrayal of the human colonials as polytheistic in contrast to the monotheistic Cylons was a deliberate statement about tolerance and the lack of tolerance in modern monotheistic religions. The underlying...

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Main Author: Klassen, Chris 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2008]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 355-362
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