02788nam 22006254a 450 99620182080331620230617010715.01-281-31030-197866113103010-470-70115-30-470-77335-90-470-77515-7(CKB)1000000000398862(EBL)350921(OCoLC)476169664(SSID)ssj0000101150(PQKBManifestationID)11111675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101150(PQKBWorkID)10042011(PQKB)10332359(MiAaPQ)EBC350921(EXLCZ)99100000000039886220030702d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlien sex[electronic resource] the body and desire in cinema and theology /Gerard LoughlinMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20041 online resource (338 p.)Challenges in contemporary theologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-631-21180-2 0-631-21179-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; List of Figures; In the Lobby; Part I Introduction; 1 Desiring Bodies; Part II Cavities; 2 Seeing in the Dark; 3 Visionary Screens; Part III Copulations; 4 Alien Sex; 5 God's Sex; 6 Sex Slaves; 7 Want of Family; Part IV Consolations; 8 The Man Who Fell to Earth; 9 The Garden; IndexGerard 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. Discusses 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. Draws on a wide range of authors, both ancient and modern, religious and secular, from Plato to Levinas, from Challenges in contemporary theology.Human bodyReligious aspectsChristianitySexReligious aspectsChristianityMotion picturesReligious aspectsChristianityHuman bodyReligious aspectsChristianity.SexReligious aspectsChristianity.Motion picturesReligious aspectsChristianity.233.5233/.5Loughlin Gerard941280MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996201820803316Alien sex2123132UNISA