Dorothy Sayers

Easter is the high point of the year for millions of Christians around the world. And for most of them, there can be no Easter without Lent, the season that leads up to it. A time for self-denial, soul-searching, and spiritual preparation, Lent makes time for daily reading and reflection. This time-tested collection of devotions will deepen and stretch your faith, and can be returned to year after year. Culled from the wealth of twenty centuries, the selections are ecumenical in scope, representing the best classic and contemporary Christian writers. This expanded second edition adds dozens of voices, new and old, and takes the reader all the way through Eastertide to Pentecost. Includes ninety-six Lenten and Easter readings, plus seven chapter-opening poems, by Eberhard Arnold, Saint Augustine, Wendell Berry, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Day, Meister Eckhart, Khalil Gibran, Clarence Jordan, Soren Kierkegaard, Madeleine L'Engle, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Thomas Merton, Malcolm Muggeridge, Kathleen Norris, Henri Nouwen, Christina Rosetti, Fleming Rutledge, Dorothy Sayers, Edith Stein, Mother Teresa, Leo Tolstoy, N. T. Wright, Alfred Kazin, Amy Carmichael, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, Blaise Pascal, Brennan Manning, Dag Hammarskjöld, Dorothee Soelle, Dylan Thomas, E. Stanley Jones, Emil Brunner, Frederick Buechner, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geoffrey Hill, Henry Drummond, J. Heinrich Arnold, Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Johann Christoph Arnold, John Dear, John Donne, John Masefield, John Stott, John Updike, Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Barth, Madeleine L’Engle, Martin Luther, Oscar Wilde, Oswald Chambers, Paul Tillich, Peter Kreeft, Philip Berrigan, Philip Yancey, Romano Guardini, Sadhu Sundar Singh , Saint Augustine, Simone Weil, Thomas à Kempis, Toyohiko Kagawa, Walter J. Ciszek, Walter Wangerin, Watchman Nee, William Willimon and others.

THE LOST TOOLS OF LEARNING was originally given as a talk by Dorothy Sayers at Oxford University in 1947 on the benefits of a classical education for children. It is great brief introduction to the advantages of a classical education.THE MIND OF THE MAKER is a book which examines the Early Christian Creeds, which were written as statements of faith in defense against heresies. These creeds were carefully written to keep the true Gospel message alive and well for future generations.

Neste ensaio, Miss Sayers sugere que atualmente ensinamos tudo para nossos filhos menos como aprender. Ela prop e que adotemos uma vers o adequadamente modificada do curr culo escol stico medieval por motivos metodol gicos"The Lost Tools of Learning" (As Ferramentas Perdidas da Aprendizagem) foi apresentado pela primeira vez por Miss Sayers em Oxford em 1947.

I Skaparens hemlighet, (The Mind of the Maker) ger oss den slagfärdiga och humoristiska deckarförfattarinnan och kulturkritikern Dorothy Sayers en ny inblick i skapande.Sayers menar att det finns tydliga paralleller mellan Guds skapande och den kreativa processen hos människan. Som Guds avbilder och kreativa varelser är människan därmed lika Gud och något av hans hemlighet kan bli uppenbart i vårt eget skapande. Hon utforskar här Gud, treenigheten och den fria viljan på ett nytt sätt.Dorothy Sayers var nära vän med C S Lewis och J R R Tolkien, och det känner man när man läser denna klassiska bok. "Dorothy L. Sayers kom att utveckla deckargenren långt utöver själva deckargåtan med målande miljöbeskrivningar, psykologiska studier, diskussioner om moral, och inte minst till invecklade kärleksromaner."Aina Gustafsson, Ersboda bibliotekDorothy Sayers (1893-1957) var en engelsk kulturpersonlighet som kanske mest är känd som skapare av den engelska detektiven Lord Peter Wimsey. Men hon var även kulturkritiker, dramaförfattare och, som den här boken visar, teolog.

Dorothy Sayers' much loved "Catholic Tales and Christian Songs" together with two theological works written for the interested lay person.

There's a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascertains that the sudden disappearance of a well-known financier is in some way connected to the body in the bathroom. But discovering exactly "which" way they're related leads the amateur detective on a merry chase. Written by a master of the detective story, this atmospheric tale abounds in the cozy delights of an English murder mystery. Dorothy L. Sayers ranks with Agatha Christie as a defining author of the genre. A novelist, essayist, and medieval scholar, Sayers was among the first women to receive an Oxford degree, and her translations of Dante remain in wide circulation. This novel marks the debut of her most popular creation, Lord Peter Wimsey, whose continuing adventures unfold amid the lively world of upper-crust British society in the 1920s.

Sobald der Dienst am Staat aufhört, die hauptsächlichste Angelegenheit der Bürger zu sein, und diese vorziehen, mit der Geldbörse statt mit ihrer Person zu dienen, ist der Staat seinem Zerfall schon nahe.

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 morePresents age-old doctrines without prettying them up or watering them downProvides insights into the social and spiritual forces that affect the modern-day cultural shift away from ChristWhether 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."