The The Theology of Battlestar Galactica: American Christianity in the 2004-2009 Television Series

by Kevin J. Wetmore

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Although the reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica, which aired from 2005 to 2009 on the Sci Fi Channel, features religion and theology among its central concerns, the series does not simply use its myriad faiths as plot devices or background material. Battlestar Galactica is, in and of itself, a theological text. Over the course of 87 episodes and two television movies, the series' narrative arc explores the meanings of salvation, prophecy, exile, apocalypse, resurrection, and messianism, and clearly demonstrates the working of a divine will in a material world. This study offers a systematic theology for each of Battlestar Galactica's invented religions and surveys echoes of American Christianity and theology in the groundbreaking series.
  • ISBN13 9780786465507
  • Publish Date 17 April 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 219
  • Language English