1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715070503321

Autore

Pinckney Jonathan C.

Titolo

Motives, benefits, and sacred values : examining the psychology of nonviolent action and violent extremism / / by Jonathan Pinckney, Michael Niconchuk, and Sarah Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2021

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Peaceworks ; ; No. 179

Soggetti

Nonviolence - Psychological aspects

Radicalism - Psychological aspects

Extreme behavior (Psychology)

Motivation (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"November 2021."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821476403321

Titolo

Christianity and the detective story / / edited by Anya Morlan and Walter Raubicheck ; contributors Dale Ahlquist [and fifteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6541-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

823.087209

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism

Christian ethics in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I: FROM MYSTERY TO MYSTERY; CHAPTER ONE - IS A ""CHRISTIAN"" MYSTERY STORY POSSIBLE?; CHAPTER TWO - NGAIO MARSH''S INNOCENT VICARAGE; CHAPTER THREE - THEODICY AND THE DETECTIVE STORY; CHAPTER FOUR - LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL TO LAURIE R. KING; CHAPTER FIVE - MURDER MYSTERY AND HOLY MYSTERIES IN CHARLES WILLIAMS'' WAR IN HEAVEN; II: THE CASE OF DOROTHY SAYERS; CHAPTER SIX - DOROTHY L. SAYERS, THE TRINITY, AND READERS'' RESPONSE; CHAPTER SEVEN - DOROTHY L. SAYERS AND THE THEOLOGY OF GENDER

CHAPTER EIGHT - CONVENTION AND INNOVATION IN THE WORK OF DOROTHY L. SAYERSCHAPTER NINE - JUSTICE IN THE WAR YEARS; III: DETECTIVE AS PROPHET; CHAPTER TEN - THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION IN H.R.F. KEATING''S UNDER A MONSOON CLOUD; CHAPTER ELEVEN - MORSE, THE CHRISTIAN?; CHAPTER TWELVE - THE DECTECTIVE AS PROPHET; IV: RECENT DETECTIVES; CHAPTER THIRTEEN - ""''WHY'' DOESN''T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. IT''S TIME YOU MOVED ON FAITH""; CHAPTER FOURTEEN - ""THE JESUITS TAUGHT ME HOW TO THINK""; CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE DETECTIVE STORY AND THE QUEST FOR DOWEL; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Christianity and the Detective Story is the first book to gather together



academic criticism on this particular connection between religion and popular culture. The articles cover the origin of this relationship in the works of G. K. Chesterton, examine its development through the ""Golden Age"" of mystery writers such as Dorothy L. Sayers, and include discussions of recent and contemporary television crime dramas. The volume makes a strong case for viewing mystery writing as a valid means of p...