Dr. Joel L. Parkyn is the author of Exotheology: Theological Explorations of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life and is an Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at Holy Apostles College and Seminary, CT. He received a Ph.D. in theology from Exeter University and specializes in Exotheology. Research areas include extraterrestrial intelligence and its import for theology and religion; the history and interface of science and religion from the modern period to the present, particularly the space sciences and astrobiology; and unidentified aerial phenomena, the extraterrestrial hypothesis, and their implications for Christian theology and religion.