The first interplanetary padre, confronted by an antennaed Martian or fly-eyed Venusian, will hardly know what to say about the Gospel. First he will have to find out how the space creature stands with God: Is he in an unfallen state like Adam and Eve before the apple? Is he fallen but redeemed and, if so, how? Is he under the Lordship of Christ, and should he be baptized?
Theological speculations along these lines, hotted up by space talk and Europe's recent rash of flying sauciness, are bemusing continental Christian thinkers. Professor Eduard Stakemeier,...
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