Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology

Challenges in Contemporary Theology

by Gerard Loughlin

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Religion, Sexuality, Bodies

339 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

loughlin is a man who has little to say. but he would push forward because he wants to use both subjects as a ladder for his career. low quality navel gazing.

[Matt Moser · Rating 2 out of 5]

Brilliant but ultimately unsatisfying. I'm not sure that anthropological androgyny is the best way forward through the turbulent waves of the debate on sex and sexuality that the Church is facing. I fear that Loughlin unintentionally ends up denying the body altogether.

The analyses of films, however, are great (if pretentious) reads.

[Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible take on theological cinematography and how it relates to issues of body and space.