{"product_id":"9780631211808","title":"Alien Sex The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eChallenges in Contemporary Theology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGerard Loughlin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Christian Theology \/ Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerard Loughlin is one of the leading theologians working at the interface between religion and contemporary culture. In this exceptional work, he uses cinema and the films it shows to think about the church and the visions of desire it displays.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses various films, including the Alien quartet, Christopher Nolan's \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e, Stanley Kubrick's \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicolas Roeg's \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Fell to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and Derek Jarman's \u003ci\u003eThe Garden\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a wide range of authors, both ancient and modern, religious and secular, from Plato to Levinas, from Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar to André Bazin and Leo Bersani.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses cinema to think about the church as an ecclesiacinema, and films to think about sexual desire as erotic dispossession, as a way into the life of God.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten from a radically orthodox Christian perspective, at once both Catholic and critical.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eGerard Loughlin\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He is a founding co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eTheology \u0026amp; Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 February 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631211808\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377758630028,"sku":"9780631211808","price":55.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631211808.jpg?v=1780159643","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631211808","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}