Sacred Space

What does religion have to do with space exploration?


Quite a lot, actually. Space exploration is not isolated from culture; rather, it is imagined and practiced within it. As our project will show, the histories, ideologies, representations, and practices of religion are actually central to the project of conceiving and building human space futures. As we venture into space, religion and religious ideas will accompany us, whether we’re conscious of them or not.

Religion and space exploration have always been in conversation.

We’re making that conversation public.

Key accomplishments

2022-2023

2023-2024

  • Identified Columbia University Press as a potential publisher.
  • Collaborating with 21 contributors for content to their final written publication. 
  • Completed the first drafts of 10 videos from their Spring 2023 symposia.

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Project contact: 

Lance Gharavi

Funding years:

2022-2023

Team members

Dane Futrell

Events Manager

Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Project co-lead