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Science in Review: A Droid in Every Garage

Droid L3-37 from Solo: A Star Wars Story
Revolutionary robot L3-37 (Photo © Disney)

This week’s discussion covers some specific, spoiler-y details from Solo: A Star Wars Story. Proceed accordingly.

Last week we took a look at how Solo: A Star Wars Story interrogates the role of spaceships and interstellar travel in the Galactic Empire. The abstract concept of transportation (as opposed to specific transportation technology) is not an obvious theme for science fiction, but artificially intelligent robots are. What it does with ships, Solo also does for droids, taking a ubiquitous feature of the setting and giving them their day in the twin suns.
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Book Review: Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians

Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians, Oliver D. Crisp. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2015.
Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians by Oliver D. Crisp (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2015).

Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians, Oliver D. Crisp. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2015.

Summary: By comparing Edwards writing on various theological themes, Crisp underscores Edwards work as an original thinker and constructive theologian, building on a Reformed base, but even pressing the limits of orthodoxy in some of his work.


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