The The Theology of Battlestar Galactica

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.