Science Fantasy Voices and Visions of Cosmic Religion

William M. Mountcastle earned a BA from Whittier College and a MA and PhD from Boston University, where he studied with Harold DeWolf. He undertook additional studies at Harvard University with Paul Tillich. He has taught philosophy and religious studies at High Point College, Florida Southern College, and Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he was chair of the Department of Philosophy. Mountcastle is now the Marvie L. Tipton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of West Florida. He is an ordained United Methodist minister, a retired member of the Nebraska Annual Conference, and a member of the Pensacola Unitarian Universalist Church. His interests in comparative religion and new developments in theology find expression in his books Religion in Planetary Perspective: A Philosophy of Comparative Religion and The Secret Ministry of Jesus: Pioneer Prophet of Interfaith Dialogue.

This book offers a new approach to comparative religion suggested by science fantasy interpretations of traditional religious teachings.