{"product_id":"alien-sex-the-body-and-desire-in-cinema-and-theology-9780631211808","title":"Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology","description":"Gerard 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eDiscusses various films, including the Alien quartet, Christopher Nolan's Memento, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth and Derek Jarman's The Garden.\u003cbr\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 Andr  Bazin and Leo Bersani.\u003cbr\u003e \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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten from a radically orthodox Christian perspective, at once both Catholic and critical.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard Loughlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780631211808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40080985751667,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":55.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8e2d854a-002d-435c-9d08-b0c612524183.jpg?v=1652277999","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/alien-sex-the-body-and-desire-in-cinema-and-theology-9780631211808","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}