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The Mind of the Maker
The Mind of the Maker
Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers
This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing mediation on language; a piercing commentary on the nature of art and why so much of what we read, hear, and see falls short; and a brilliant examination of the fundamental tenets of Christianity. The Mind of the Maker will be relished by those already i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780837133720
ISBN-10: 0837133726
Publication Date: 2/4/1971
Pages: 229
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Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Ms. Sayers, who after years of writing Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, went on to learn Italian to translate Dante's _La Divina Commedia_, interacts with what she considers one of the fundamental theological issues in Christian theology: "imago dei." What does it mean to be created "in the image of God"? Throughout her book, she considers the issue, showing that the answer, is indeed, perhaps essential to humanity, but not necessarily in the manner often assumed.

Along with George Steiner (_Real Prescences_) and Madeleine L'Engle, Sayers interacts with questions of "sacred" in Creation, and art in secular and sacred schemas.


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