Star Trek has long had a complicated and changing relationship with religion. This week, it came full circle when the captain ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation had a lot going for it when it premiered back in 1987. Fans got a fresh new cast, an amazing ...

Before all this, though, an important landmark in Star Trek ’s treatment of religious themes came not on the small screen, but the big screen, beginning with one of the franchise’s all-time ...

That theme of cooperation, tolerance and diversity can basically be found on page one of the Star Trek manual. (Of course, to that same end, Fuller has already confirmed that a gay character will ...

Notably, however, his theme is more 1960s pop opera than croony jazz. The soprano that sang the "Star Trek" melody was named Loulie Jean Norman.

With a doctorate in theology and a collection of 137 “Star Trek” action figures, Lois Daly was probably destined to teach a course called “Star Trek and Religion.” An unusual combination ...

He added, “ ‘Star Trek’ has always deliberately tried to be relevant, to reflect the time in which it was made: the Cold War era and the looming threat of Armageddon, the Vietnam War, racial ...

What’s more, it was accompanied by the right music: Alexander Courage’s original “Star Trek” fanfare, followed by a stunning new recording of Courage’s theme for the 1966-69 series ...