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Creed without Chaos: Exploring Theology in the Writings of Dorothy L. Sayers. By Laura K. Simmons. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2005. 222 pp. $19.99 (paper).
Dorothy L. Savers is most commonly recognized as a great writer of detective fiction, though some people remember her cycle of plays on the life of Christ, The Man Born to Be King. However, Savers is also an interesting example of a lay theologian, who tackled a variety of controversial topics in an effort to convey the meanings of Christianity to her culture. Laura Simmons investigates this aspect of Savers s work in Creed without Chaos.
Simmons examines Savers s writing precisely as the...