We're a little late for Agatha Christie's 125th birthday, which was last Tuesday, but all the same I'm delighted to share this fun piece from Matthew Mellema, a new guest writer for us at Mere Orthodoxy. Matt is a lawyer specializing in religious institutions. He's also a writer who explores evangelicalism and quitting cynicism at mattmellema.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Matt_Mellema.
"It is the dogma that is the drama.”
Dorothy Sayers wrote the line against the watery theology of her time. But it has implications beyond theology. It could also apply to another one of Sayers' passions: detective writing.
To love detective fiction is to love rules.
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