I would also suggest Philip Jose Farmer's "Jesus on Mars" as a good candidate.



At 09:35 PM 2/7/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>"SPAWN OF A JEWISH CARPENTER: CINDY SMITH" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Although not directly related to sf, someone on another list suggested
> > I ask sf-lit folks this question about ET's and religion. If anyone
> > has written any sf or f about the topic of salvation and ET's, please
> > let me know. Thanks! Here's the original posting:
>
>Two good choices are James Blish's novel _A Case of
>Conscience_ and a Ray Bradbury Story in _The Martian
>Chronicles_ that was IIRC called _The Fire Balloons_. Both are
>excellent.
>
>-John Snead [log in to unmask]