Deep Space and Sacred Time : Star Trek in the American Mythos

The authors of this text argue that for many contemporary Americans, "Star Trek" fills the role of a secular humanist mythology, exploring and mediating the ambiguities of modern culture while offering a sense of hope and empowerment in an orderly cosmos.

Its poetics of religion, gender, progress and human difference have evolved to meet the changing needs of liberalism from the Vietnam era to the age of postmodern cynicism.