Warning: “Nuovi mondi, nuovi dei” on the newspaper “La Stampa”

The newspaper La Stampa of Turin reported the event organized by NeMoSancti at the Mufant – Museum of Fantasy and Science Fiction in Turin for tomorrow, 21 January, as “Not to be missed”. Within the series of meetings “Nuovi mondi, nuovi dei” [“New worlds, new gods”], dedicated to themes of religion and spirituality in Science Fiction, starting from 4pm, Antonio Santangelo will talk about “The search for meaning in Dune”, followed by Silvio Alovisio and Bruno Surace with a speech entitled “God is the limit “Alien religions in audiovisual science fiction: the Star Trek case”.

What is NeMoSanctI?

 

NeMoSanctI is a research project carried out at the University of Turin. It studies how models of sanctity have changed after the Second Vatican Council. To this end, it applies a pioneering methodology based on semiotic theory to a wide corpus of normative, judicial, and narrative texts.

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 757314).