tension between science and religion in Carl Sagan's contact

Abstract

This paper tackles Carl Sagan's 1985's science fiction novel Contact which examines the connection and the relation between religious faith and science, focusing on technology and its significance in human existence. Contact's most lasting impression on readers is its enthralling representation of the unending conflict between science and faith. At numerous points in the novel, the reader is given the impression that religion and science might have a good relationship. The two are usually considered structurally related and, in some circumstances, even dependent on one another. This paper is to discover the tension between the science and faith the author Carl Sagan presents in his Contact with relating to the postmodern theory in literary criticism.