4/3/2023 0 Comments Are women human dorothy sayersI think that I have never heard a sermon preached on the story of Martha and Mary that did not attempt, somehow, somewhere, to explain away its text. God, of course, may have his own opinion, but the Church is reluctant to endorse it. She was far from perfect – but that only makes her human. Dorothy Sayers was an amazing woman, a trailblazer, and a great thinker. ![]() The final “saint” Armstrong highlighted was Dorothy Sayers, a woman many know as the author of the still popular Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels … but who also translated Dante and wrote on theology. I have been asked how I can be a thinking woman and a Christian much more often than I have been asked how I can be a scientist and a Christian.Ī few weeks ago Scot posted a series in Chris Armstrong’s book Patron Saints for Postmoderns: Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future. ![]() As a Christian, a scientist, an academic, and a woman – I find this conflict particularly troubling. But this is an issue that we cannot avoid – not in the context of “Christian Virtue”: and not in the context of “Missional Campus Ministry.” One of the most potent criticisms of the church within the academy is directed at the view of women presented by some who purpose to speak for the church – for God – on this matter.
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