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Christianity and the detective story

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Christianity and the Detective Story is the first book to gather together academic criticism on this particular connection between religion and popular culture. The articles cover the origin of this relationship in the works of G. K. Chesterton, examine its development through the ""Golden Age"" of mystery writers such as Dorothy L. Sayers, and include discussions of recent and contemporary television crime dramas. The volume makes a strong case for viewing mystery writing as a valid means of p...

Title Christianity and the detective story / edited by Anya Morlan and Walter Raubicheck
contributors Dale Ahlquist [and fifteen others].
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Creation Date 2013
Notes Includes index.
English
Content TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
I: FROM MYSTERY TO MYSTERY
CHAPTER ONE - IS A ""CHRISTIAN"" MYSTERY STORY POSSIBLE?
CHAPTER TWO - NGAIO MARSH''S INNOCENT VICARAGE
CHAPTER THREE - THEODICY AND THE DETECTIVE STORY
CHAPTER FOUR - LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL TO LAURIE R. KING
CHAPTER FIVE - MURDER MYSTERY AND HOLY MYSTERIES IN CHARLES WILLIAMS'' WAR IN HEAVEN
II: THE CASE OF DOROTHY SAYERS
CHAPTER SIX - DOROTHY L. SAYERS, THE TRINITY, AND READERS'' RESPONSE
CHAPTER SEVEN - DOROTHY L. SAYERS AND THE THEOLOGY OF GENDER
CHAPTER EIGHT - CONVENTION AND INNOVATION IN THE WORK OF DOROTHY L. SAYERSCHAPTER NINE - JUSTICE IN THE WAR YEARS
III: DETECTIVE AS PROPHET
CHAPTER TEN - THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION IN H.R.F. KEATING''S UNDER A MONSOON CLOUD
CHAPTER ELEVEN - MORSE, THE CHRISTIAN?
CHAPTER TWELVE - THE DECTECTIVE AS PROPHET
IV: RECENT DETECTIVES
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - ""''WHY'' DOESN''T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. IT''S TIME YOU MOVED ON FAITH""
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - ""THE JESUITS TAUGHT ME HOW TO THINK""
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE DETECTIVE STORY AND THE QUEST FOR DOWEL
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Extent 1 online resource (256 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2013
National Library system number 997010714668805171
MARC RECORDS
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