{"product_id":"the-gospel-in-dorothy-l-sayers-9780874861815","title":"The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this anthology, renowned murder mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers tackles faith, doubt, human nature, and the most dramatic story ever told.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor almost a century,\u003c\/b\u003e a series of labyrinthine murder mysteries have kept fans turning pages hungrily as Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane discover whodunit, again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective novel enthusiasts may not know that for almost as many years, Christian thinkers have appreciated the same Dorothy L. Sayers for her acumen as an essayist, playwright, apologist, and preeminent translator of Dante’s \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow, for the first time, an anthology\u003c\/b\u003e 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 an attention to matters of faith that underlies all her work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThose who know Sayers\u003c\/b\u003e from her nonfiction 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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNone of these themes proved any hindrance\u003c\/b\u003e 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.","brand":"Dorothy L. Sayers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960667279478,"sku":"9780874861815","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_ae9f9efc-816a-43e3-b3a3-07a7dafe3142.jpg?v=1767807113","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-gospel-in-dorothy-l-sayers-9780874861815","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}