The Gospel In Dorothy L Sayers

Author : Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher : Gospel in Great Writers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0874861810

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The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers by Dorothy L. Sayers Pdf

Uncover the profound subtext lurking just below the surface of some of the greatest murder mysteries of all time. For almost a century, a series of labyrinthine murder mysteries have kept fans turning pages hungrily as Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane discover whodunit, again and again. Detective novel enthusiasts may not know that for almost as many years, Christian thinkers have appreciated the same Dorothy L. Sayers for her spiritual insight as an essayist, playwright, and preeminent translator of Dante's Divine Comedy. Now, for the first time, an anthology brings together the best of both worlds. The selections uncover the gospel themes woven throughout Sayers's popular fiction as well as her religious plays, correspondence, talks, and essays. Clues dropped throughout her detective stories reveal a religious sensibility that was subtle but neither accidental nor peripheral. Those who know Sayers from her philosophical writings may wonder how she could also write popular genre fiction. Sayers, like her friend G. K. Chesterton, found murder mysteries a vehicle to explore the choices characters make between good and evil - those decisions that separate us from, or draw us closer to, God. Along with C. S. Lewis and the other Inklings, with whom she maintained a lively correspondence, Sayers used her popular fiction to probe deeper questions. She addressed not only matters of guilt and innocence, sin and redemption, but also the cost of war, the role of the conscience, and the place of women in society. None of these themes proved any hindrance to spinning a captivating yarn. Her murder mysteries are more reminiscent of Jane Austen than Arthur Conan Doyle, with all the tense interpersonal exploration of the modern novel.

Author : Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0874866634

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The Gospel in Dorothy Sayers by Dorothy Leigh Sayers Pdf

Author : Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0874866596

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The Gospel in Dorothy Sayers by Dorothy Leigh Sayers Pdf

Author : Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:49015002833789

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Creed Or Chaos? by Dorothy Leigh Sayers Pdf

Dorothy Sayers, author of the Peter Wimsey mystery novels, shows why every Christian needs a creed to live by. Sayers writes about the Faith with wit, charm, and humor.

Author : Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0898703077

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The Man Born to be King by Dorothy Leigh Sayers Pdf

In this popular play-cycle, Sayers makes the Gospels come alive. "Her Jesus can bring tears to your eyes. You will be deeply moved--a powerful experience".--Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy.

Author : Dorothy Sayers
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418516161

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Letters to a Diminished Church by Dorothy Sayers Pdf

What must a person believe to be a Christian? In this collection of 16 essays, famed author Dorothy L. Sayers discusses why the church desperately needs to refocus on doctrine, as doctrine impacts all of life. In her dynamic and sharp writings, Dorothy L. Sayers turned the popular perception of Christianity on its head. She argues that the essence of Christianity is in the character of Christ—energetic, dramatic, and utterly alive. This collection of sixteen brilliant essays reveals Sayers, at her best—a powerful view of Christianity as startling and relevant as it was 50 years ago. An outspoken defender of Christian orthodoxy, Dorothy L. Sayers discusses Christian theology with brilliance and wit. A British scholar, author, and staunch Christian, Sayers brings theology vividly to life by showing how the Bible, history, literature, and modern science fit together to make religion not only possible but necessary in our time. Each essay is a concise, perceptive examination of the topic at hand. The book: Includes sixteen essays on a variety of topics addressing core beliefs, the image of God, the problem of sin and evil, and more Presents age-old doctrines without prettying them up or watering them down Provides insights into the social and spiritual forces that affect the modern-day cultural shift away from Christ Whether you are reading the great works of Western literature, thinking about your place in God's universe, or simply dealing with the thousand-and-one problems of daily living, this powerful book has words of both challenge and comfort for you. "The devil should stand alert, for Sayers is one of his foremost adversaries."

Author : Crystal Downing
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781506462769

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Subversive by Crystal Downing Pdf

Known for her bestselling detective novels, Dorothy L. Sayers lived a fascinating, groundbreaking life as a novelist, feminist, Oxford scholar, and important influence on the spiritual life of C.S. Lewis. This pioneering woman not only forged a literary career for herself but also spoke about faith and culture in revolutionary ways as she addressed the evergreen question of to what extent faith should hold on to tradition and to what extent it should evolve with a changing culture. Thanks to her unmatched wisdom, prophetic tone, and insistent strength, Dorothy Sayers is a voice that we cannot afford to ignore. Providing a blueprint for bridge-building in contemporary, polarizing contexts, Subversive shows how Sayers used edgy, often hilarious metaphors to ignite new ways to think about Christianity, shocking people into seeing the truth of ancient doctrine in a new light. Urging readers to reassess interpretations of the Bible that impede the cause of Christ, Sayers helps twenty-first-century Christians navigate a society increasingly suspicious of evangelical vocabularies and find new ways to talk and think about faith and culture. Ultimately, she will inspire believers, on both the right and the left, to evaluate how and why their language perpetuates divisive certitude rather than the hopeful humility of faith, and will show us all a better way forward.

Author : Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0802829961

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Are Women Human? by Dorothy L. Sayers Pdf

Introduction by Mary McDermott Shideler One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whether or not what she wanted to do was ordinarily understood to be "feminine." Sayers did not devote a great deal of time to talking or writing about feminism, but she did explicitly address the issue of women's role in society in the two classic essays collected here. Central to Sayers's reflections is the conviction that both men and women are first of all human beings and must be regarded as essentially much more alike than different. We are to be true not so much to our sex as to our humanity. The proper role of both men and women, in her view, is to find the work for which they are suited and to do it. Though written several decades ago, these essays still offer in Sayers's piquant style a sensible and conciliatory approach to ongoing gender issues.

Author : Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher : Alien Ebooks
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781667625782

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The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers Pdf

A Christian theological book. It uses the experience Sayers had of literary creativity to illuminate Christian doctrine about the nature of the Doctrine of the Trinity.

Author : Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Theology
ISBN : 0281045984

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Spiritual Writings by Dorothy Leigh Sayers Pdf

This anthology of Dorothy L Sayers-dramatist, novelist, poet, essayist, translator of Dante, and forerunner of contemporary Christian feminism-contains key selections from her major religious works, set in context by Ann Loades's lively and informative commentary.

Author : Gina Dalfonzo
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1540900924

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Dorothy and Jack by Gina Dalfonzo Pdf

Author unpacks the intriguing friendship of C. S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers, examining how it pushed them both to grow in their faith and to explore new facets of their creativity.

Author : Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725229198

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The Devil To Pay by Dorothy L. Sayers Pdf

In this play, Dorothy L. Sayers reworked the legend of Faustus as a serious 'comedy,' presenting Faustus as one who chooses wicked means as an end to an admirable goal: the relief of suffering (while becoming entirely focused on his own supposed satisfactions). In the last scene, in the Court of Heaven, Azrael, angel of the souls of the dead, claims Faustus' soul, opposing Mephistopheles' claim. With the knowledge of good and evil returned to him, Faustus finally accepts that his evil must be cleansed, with Mephistopheles serving as the agent of that purgation. Faustus accepts his need for cleansing, trusting that the divine Judge/Court President, will indeed in mercy meet him at the very gates of hell, finally redeemed.

Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190864675

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The Year of Our Lord 1943 by Alan Jacobs Pdf

By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for their success. A war won by technological superiority merely laid the groundwork for a post-war society governed by technocrats. These Christian intellectuals-Jacques Maritain, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Simone Weil, among others-sought both to articulate a sober and reflective critique of their own culture and to outline a plan for the moral and spiritual regeneration of their countries in the post-war world. In this book, Alan Jacobs explores the poems, novels, essays, reviews, and lectures of these five central figures, in which they presented, with great imaginative energy and force, pictures of the very different paths now set before the Western democracies. Working mostly separately and in ignorance of one another's ideas, the five developed a strikingly consistent argument that the only means by which democratic societies could be prepared for their world-wide economic and political dominance was through a renewal of education that was grounded in a Christian understanding of the power and limitations of human beings. The Year of Our Lord 1943 is the first book to weave together the ideas of these five intellectuals and shows why, in a time of unprecedented total war, they all thought it vital to restore Christianity to a leading role in the renewal of the Western democracies.

Author : Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725229174

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He That Should Come by Dorothy L. Sayers Pdf

In this first of her plays for religious broadcasting, a nativity play, Dorothy L. Sayers wanted to convince listeners of the truth that Christ was born into our deeply problematic world, in his case, in territory overrun by an army of occupation. Although framed as it were by the voices of the three 'wise men' asking whether the birth of a particular child could possibly fulfil their desires, the focus of the play is on the conflict of opinion (about roads, taxes, and so forth) expressed by those in the courtyard of the inn at Bethlehem. Joseph is given a most significant role, and it is the shepherds whose gifts are presented when the Holy Family is revealed.

Author : Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610970242

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The Just Vengeance by Dorothy L. Sayers Pdf

In this play, Dorothy L. Sayers addressed the crimes and problems of human life, especially those of the victors in war, in an entirely novel way, by precipitating an airman in the very moment of his death back into the company of citizens of the "City," in this case, Lichfield. The citizens range from Adam and Eve (Adam himself the inventor of the axe which kills Abel) together with other biblical characters in the history of redemption brought to new life as members of the City (e.g., Judas is a common informer). Others bear burdens of shame, toil, fear, poverty, and ingratitude. Former inhabitants (e.g., George Fox, Dr. Johnson) help the airman see that no more than they can he shift the burden of guilt and grief that they all share. There is but one remedy, to join the "Persona Dei" carrying his cross, finding indeed that he bears their burdens for them. The "Persona Dei" is finally seen in resurrection and glory.