Ender's Gospel

I am currently working on an online teaching curriculum entitled, "Ender's Gospel: Exploring the Theological Complexities of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game."

Forthcoming Topics: with further descriptions
  • Introduction: Peace through Understanding?
  • Ender the Matrix - Exploring the connections between Ender's Game and The Matrix
  • Ender H. Christ - Messianic Themes | Miracle or Mistake? | Can a child save the world? | Alpha & Omega
  • The Need to Know - Discussing Plato's Noble Lie, Security and State Control
  • Remote Warfare - Drone Warfare, Preemptive Strike, Surveillance
  • In Ender We Trust: Child Soldiers
  • Dehumanizing (Debugging?) the Buggers
  • Remembrance as Resurrection - Collective Unconscious
  • Xenocide: A Difference in Deaths? - Military Solutions
  • Conclusion: To End All Wars
  • Appendix A: Study Guide (also will be available free via PDF)
  • Appendix B: What's in a Name - Character names and their possible meanings/origins
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Expected Release Date: October 2013
Format: blog, website and Adobe PDF files

Check back periodically for updates as the various topics are posted online.  Suggestions/Questions/Comments welcome!  Comment on the original post or email me directly.