Why is religion omnipresent in “Dune”?

In the year 10191, Paul Atréides, played by Timothée Chalamet in Denis Villeneuve’s film, lands on a desert planet called Arrakis. With his mother, Jessica, a member of the influential Bene Gesserit religious order, the young man will bond with an indigenous people with customs inspired by Islam – the Fremen – and face his … Read more