
Becoming Alien, Second Edition
Sarah Welch-Larson(Author)
Reel Spirituality Monograph Series (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 19. March 2026
Book
Hardback
162 pages
979-8-3852-3633-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others by the titular monster. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection of genre movies ranging from horror to war to farce.
But on closer examination, the threads that bind these films together are undeniable. The series is a model of the cosmology described in Catherine Keller's book Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming, which presents the universe as a cycle of chaos and relationship.
In this second edition of Becoming Alien, Sarah Welch-Larson explores the Alien series through Keller's lens. Her exploration unifies the Alien series into seven views of evil, its origins, and its consequences. Each film expands on the concept of evil set forth by its predecessors, complicating that conception, and retroactively enriching readings of the films that came before.
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Series
Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Publishing group
Cascade Books
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-3852-3633-6 (9798385236336)
Schweitzer Classification
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Sarah Welch-Larson
Becoming Alien, Second Edition
The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction's Most Idiosyncratic Film Franchise
E-Book
03/2026
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€22.49
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Person
Sarah Welch-Larson is a film critic interested in feminist theory and theology, sad men in space, and stories about agency, creation, and androids. She lives in Chicago with her husband, their dog, and about two dozen houseplants.