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"Concepts of religion may now be goals of science and engineering."
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![]() I wouldn't be surprised if this term derived from Theosophical or other mystical literature of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. However, as far as I know, this is the earliest use of this term in science fiction.
Another early use of this expression can be found in James Schmitz' 1949 novel Agent of Vega:
Many science fiction readers would associate this term with Arthur C. Clarke's 1952 novel Childhood's End, which went so far as to capitalize and deify it:
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