{"product_id":"alien-sex-the-body-and-desire-in-cinema-and-theology-hardback-9780631211792","title":"Alien Sex; The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology (Hardback) 9780631211792","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerard Loughlin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631211792, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.624 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Absolutely brilliant.\" \u003cb\u003eStanley Hauerwas, Duke University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is part of Blackwell’s Challenges in Contemporary Theology series, a series that has produced some of the most creative theological thinking in recent years. Loughlin’s book is no exception… Loughlin’s innovative method of dealing with his material is in line with the theological approach taken but also connects with the cinematic perspective. His subject matter, however, covers a wider range of interests than film and theology and delves into the realms of art history and literature. … Loughlin’s \u003ci\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely interesting and important work.” \u003cb\u003eJournal of the American Academy of Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/i\u003e presents Gerard Loughlin's incarnational theology in a compelling mantle of film theory... The book's three parts... display continual jump cuts between film texts, theology, and philosophy with dizzying effect, but Loughlin keeps readers from potential frustration through fascinating readings of a wide array of films... he works wonders with eclectic and appropriate juxtapositions of theological and scriptural texts.\" \u003cb\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/i\u003e refuses, without coyness, to be quite the book promised by its subtitle. It is the more dazzling for the refusal... \u003ci\u003eAlien Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is rather an exercise in writing about incarnation under the present regime of mass images. It inter-cuts traditional Christian discourses with selections from recent films in hopes of recognizing holy bodies... Loughlin's book is not theology and film; it is theology after film - theology simply and splendidly... The final effect - despite and because of its brilliance - raises questions.\" \u003cb\u003eStudies in Christian Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is frankly difficult to see how a book with a title like this could fail to be interesting and Loughlin does not disappoint… [It is] difficult to imagine anyone other than Loughlin bringing together Christian tradition and pop culture in such a provocative and endlessly inventive way… Loughlin’s work is an important revisionary reading of the role of sexuality in both theological tradition and secular modernity… I would nominate this brilliant synthesis of theology, film and cultural theory as my book of the year within the field [of religion].” \u003cb\u003eThe Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (2005)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Loughlin envisages a complete remodelling of traditional Christian ideas on the place and importance of sexual activity in life... Loughlin's subject will increasingly preoccupy intellectually, socially and morally adventurous Christians, and there will be changes in the Church's attitudes to sex in the decades to come.\" \u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Lobby ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Desiring Bodies 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Cavities 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Seeing in the Dark 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Visionary Screens 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Copulations 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Alien Sex 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 God’s Sex 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sex Slaves 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Want of Family 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Consolations 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Man Who Fell to Earth 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Garden 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 295\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316814213400,"sku":"9780631211792","price":106.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631211792.jpg?v=1781826421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/alien-sex-the-body-and-desire-in-cinema-and-theology-hardback-9780631211792","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}