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Author Downing, Crystal, author.

Title Subversive : Christ, culture, and the shocking Dorothy L. Sayers / Crystal L. Downing.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2020]
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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  823.912 DOW    DUE 05-17-24
Description x, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.
Contents Introduction: The murder of God -- The shock of the new -- Religious shopping and exchange -- The betrayal of tradition, the tradition of betrayal -- The subversive mind of the maker -- The politics of religion, the religion of politics -- A brief subversive conclusion.
Summary "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"--Dust jacket flap.
Subject Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957 -- Religion.
Christianity -- Criticism and interpretation.
Religion and sociology.
Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957. (OCoLC)fst00034550
Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00859599
Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
Religion and sociology. (OCoLC)fst01093858
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Biographies.
ISBN 9781506462752 (hardcover)
1506462758 (hardcover)
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