Thus, Dorothy Sayers and her word for today: From “Are Women Human?” It is for this reason that I have chosen to publish part of her speech on this blog. To go beyond man and woman-that is, male and female within mankind (sadly, one must admit one’s intentions when defining the sexes these days)-young and old, adult or child, is to create cases that not only dehumanize but also leave an open door for crouching totalitarianism, dictatorships, despotism, and other forms of State bondage (viz., Statism, that beastly power described in ). Indeed, the ladies might have been surprised – they should not have been - but Dorothy Sayers took the opportunity to remind them that human beings are images of God. Her title was characteristics Sayers: “?” This princess of the pen resisted the term “feminist” as the intuitive gazelle avoids the freshwater of a calm river, concealing waiting for crocodiles. Because of her prominent position, she was invited to speak to a group of women and address the matter of feminism. Nevertheless, for those who will “” (, BCP, 1549), a gift of a strong lens awaits, and the better to see. For ours is a gutted age marked by regression, outlined with Spirit-inspired accuracy by Paul the Apostle in, into the darkness of unbelief that inevitably leads to certain madness. However, I do recognize that her logic is so precise and the calculations of her Christian theological reflection so sharp that many of our contemporaries might find her insights doctrinaire or, more probably, quite indecipherable. For we desperately need her clarity of thought. Oh, that we would even bother looking for them.

Her pearls of cultured wisdom and doctrinal insight are gifts for our time. It is for this reason that I believe her words have proven prescient. Located in “the same section of the library” as CS Lewis and, perhaps, closer to GK Chesterton, Sayers distinguished herself by calling “balls and strikes” as she saw them in a day of increasing compromise by the Church.

However, despite her remarkable literary achievements, Dorothy Sayers is frequently recognized as a Christian apologist. Dorothy Sayer (1893-1957) should be remembered as one of the 20th-century great novelists.

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