Louis Vigo’s Reviews > The Theology of Battlestar Galactica: American Christianity in the 2004-2009 Television Series > Status Update

In Christianity the 10 terms that Paul uses to explain salvation: "justification, salvation, reconciliation, expiation, redemption, freedom, sanctification, transformation, new creation, and glorification". Salvation is a complex understanding of Incarnation, transformation, and love.

Ch3 Baltar Cult: the most interesting of the 3 religions on BSG. It's rooted in divine reality with angelic guidance, and for the most part theologically sound... all things considered.

Ch 3. The Cylon religion can best be summed up in The Cloud Of Unknowing. God is love and understanding only comes through experience and is theologically apophatic

Ch 2 - Theology of the Cylons. Cylons are mystics who have a purely experiential faith in one God. Love is the highest attribute, although this can be played out in terrible ways. This chapter also delves into the hierarchy of the Cylons and their inherent personalities and beliefs

Chapter 1 - A survey of colonial religion. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how well thought out this was. The Colonials have a polytheistic eschatological religion that focuses mainly on community in many different ways.