Choosing Community (eBook)

Action, Faith, and Joy in the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers

Christine A. Colòn, Christine A. Colòn (Autoren)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
152 Seiten
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-0-8308-7030-1 (ISBN)

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Few writers in the twentieth century were as creative and productive as Dorothy L. Sayers, the English playwright, novelist, and poet. Her justly renowned works include detective fiction featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, theological reflections, literary criticism, and her translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. Among the prominent themes of her work was the need for and challenges of developing community. Sayers, who was herself an active member of various writing groups throughout her lifetime, offers her readers visions of both fractured and harmonious communities. In this Hansen Series volume, Christine Colón explores the role of community in Sayers's works. In particular, she considers how Sayers offers a vision of communities called to action, faith, and joy, and she reflects on how we also are called to live in community together. Based on the annual lecture series hosted at Wheaton College's Marion E. Wade Center, volumes in the Hansen Series reflect on the imaginative work and lasting influence of seven British authors: Owen Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

Christine A. Colón (PhD, University of California at Davis) is professor of English at Wheaton College. She is the author of Joanna Baillie and the Art of Moral Influence and Writing for the Masses: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian Literary Tradition. She is also the coauthor of Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today's Church.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Hansen Lectureship Series
• Reihe/Serie: Hansen Lectureship Series
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Andy Mangin • ART • Barfield • Bryan T. McGraw • Chesterton • Christian Community • Christianity • Christian Literature • christian writer • Community • community in sayers work • Dorothy L. Sayers • Dorothy Sayers • Faith • Hansen • Hansen Lectureship Series • HLS • Lewis • Literature • literature and Christianity • Lord Peter Wimsey • MacDonald • Marion Wade Center • sayers • the arts • theme of community • Tiffany Eberle Kriner • Tolkien • Wade Center • Walter Hansen • WHEATON • wheaton college • Williams
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-7030-X / 083087030X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-7030-1 / 9780830870301