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Christian science fiction
Christian science fiction is a subgenre of both Christian literature and science fiction, in which there are strong Christian themes, or which are written from a Christian point of view.〔Mort (2002)〕 These themes may be subtle, expressed by way of analogy, or more explicit.〔Sammons (1988) p. 21.〕 Major influences include early science fiction authors such as C. S. Lewis, while more recent figures include Stephen Lawhead. Authors writing in this subgenre face particular difficulties reconciling aspects of science with their Christian beliefs, which may lead to difficulties having their work accepted by the wider science fiction community.〔
The term is not usually applied to works simply because most or all of the characters are Christian, or simply because the author is Christian.
==Influences==
While earlier works such as Victor Rousseau's ''The Messiah of the Cylinder'' (1917) are regarded as part of the Christian science fiction subgenre,〔Pierce (1989), p. 43.〕 John Mort argues that the most influential Christian science fiction author was C. S. Lewis,〔Mort (2002), p. 159. After raising Stephen Lawhead and Orson Scott Card as exceptions, Mort states, "Both are major voices, so much so that neither owes much of a debt to C. S. Lewis, except possibly Lawhead early in his career, which is a long way of saying that everyone else does."〕 a "prolific writer who wrote works of Christian science fiction and theology for the average person."〔Bramlett (1996), p. 3.〕 In ''When World Views Collide: A Study in Imagination and Evolution'', John J. Pierce presents the argument that Lewis was partially writing in response to what Lewis saw as "Wellsianity"—an "anthropocentric evolutionary mythology"〔Pierce (1989) p. 38.〕—which he came to view as both false and blasphemous, condemning H. G. Wells' world view through works such as ''Out of the Silent Planet''.〔Pierce (1989) p. 40.〕 While the extent to which Lewis' influence varies, Mort points in particular to Madeleine L'Engle's ''A Wrinkle in Time'' as a Christian science fiction work which, as he puts it, cannot be read "without being reminded of Lewis' ''Narnia'' stories."〔Mort (2002), p. 159.〕 (Of course, ''Narnia'' was fantasy rather than science fiction, but Mort is noting the similarities in style and execution of the story.) Other early authors identified by Mort as being influences upon the development of Christian science fiction include J. R. R. Tolkien, George MacDonald and Charles Williams.〔 (Although, again, these writers worked in fantasy, their influence on Christian science fiction is clear, Mort argues.)
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