Ep 163 — Science Fiction and the Gospel |Approaching Zion pt. 8

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Welcome to another Huge Niblet episode. And yes, it’s a bit huge. (You saw the time stamp!) In the A segment, we discuss Hugh Nibley’s 1969 diatribe titled Science Fiction and the Gospel as well as the article that likely triggered his rage induced lecture. Then we move into our penultimate Approaching Zion discussion. Following that, we have some excellent news about Gen Z women leaving religion. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/hugh-nibley/science-fiction-gospel/

Sword of Laman:

Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley

Books and poems mentioned:

1. 1984 by George Orwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

2. In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose

3. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy

4. Egyptian and Mesopotamian lamentation literature: lamenting lost glories and looking forward to a return of the same under a messianic king

5. Lycurgus by Plutarch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus

6. Eunomia by Solon:https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/fid_91-96/fid_932_solon.html

7. Republic by Plato: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)

8. Eclogues by Virgil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogues

9. Utopia by Thomas More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)

10. The City of the Sun by Thomas Campenella: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_the_Sun

11. Nova Atlantis by Francis Bacon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atlantis

12. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)

13. The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commonwealth_of_Oceana

14. The Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses by François Fénelon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Aventures_de_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9maque

Other references:

1984 US Presidential Election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election

Ronald Reagan scandals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandals_of_the_Ronald_Reagan_administration

Cry Havoc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dogs_of_war_(phrase)

Utopia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia

Rekhabite/Rechabite/Rekabite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechabites, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Rechabites

Joachim of Fiore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_of_Fiore

Benedict of Nursia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia

Mendicant orders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendicant_orders

Potemkin Village: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village

Happy News: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/13/gen-z-women-less-religious/74673083007/

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