Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Foundations
Chapter 1 Race in Science Fiction
Chapter 2 Black Religious Thought and Afrofuturism
Part II Intersections
Chapter 3 Octavia Butler as Architect of Intersectional Afrofuturism
Chapter 4 “It’s Code”: Janelle Monáe, the ArchAndroid, and Queer Afrofuturistic Salvation
Chapter 5 Walking in the Path of the Prophets: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, “Far Beyond the Stars,” and Black Prophetic Visions
Chapter 6 “Wakanda Forever!”: Black Panther, the Divine Feminine, and the Subversion of Toxic Masculinity in the Western Superhero Monomyth
Part III Afrofuturistic Thought Experiments
Chapter 7 Space Is the Place: Sun Ra, the Nation of Islam, Afrofuturism, Eschatology, and Utopia
Chapter 8 “Who Am I? Who Are You?”: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Identity
Conclusion “The Shape of Things to Come”: Future Directions in the Intersection of Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought
Postscript
Bibliography
Index