Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Religion

Religion comes up a lot here, doesn't it? Poul Anderson deals with individuals and populations in past, alternate and future historical periods so of course he presents accounts of their:

Economics
From the dynamic capitalism of the Polesotechnic League to the abundant production of Thule (also Thulean Economics).

Politics
Debates in the Ysan Council and the Dennitzan Shkoptsina.

Religions
Both human and alien.

I should not use this blog as a personal pulpit but I can link to another blog about Religion and Philosophy, e.g.:


I will shortly add a new post on "My Pantheon."

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Because, unlike some writers like Asimov, Anderson took varied kinds of religions, real and fictional, seriously. I think we get enough hints in many stories to conclude that there was one faith he disliked, Islam.

A bit oddly we never really see Islam in the Technic series. People in that timeline know it exists and some characters have Muslim seeming names, but that is all. Convinced Christians, Jews, and Buddhists are what we see most of.

Ad astra! Sean
Ad astra! Sean