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This article discusses three recent books that focus on the mutual relation between science and religion, particularly as it emerges in prophetism. The first is Timothy Jenkins's (2013) reanalysis of a 1950s study on an end-of-the-world cult referring to UFOs; the second is Stephan Palmié's (2023) collection about Afro-Cuban religion in Miami and Havana in its relation to science; and the third is Ramon Sarró's (2023) study of a Kongolese scientist/inventor who proposed a writing system under prophetic inspiration. The three books are comments on what it is to practice critical analysis in a world where the interaction of science and religion is not to be treated lightly, for its effects are ever more complex, ever harder to decipher. Albeit adopting very diverse tones, all three books carry deeply humanist, political warnings.

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