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Dan W. Clanton, Jr. associate professor of religious studies at Doane University, USA.
God and the Little Grey Cells offers an engaging, original and insightful exploration of an important, but little-explored, aspect of Agatha Christie’s writing. It is sure to be of value to the ever-growing field of Agatha Christie scholarship. -- Mark Aldridge, Agatha Christie historian and Associate Professor of Screen Histories at Solent University, UK God and the Little Grey Cells is a brilliant foray into the way religion is depicted in popular culture. With originality and finesse, Clanton surveys the significance of hegemonic Christianity for Agatha Christie’s Poirot stories and their adaptations, uncovering the less obvious but crucial ways “other” religions are treated. In this way, he deftly demonstrates both common assumptions about religion at play in these immensely popular works and Christie’s resistance to such assumptions. -- Hannah M. Strømmen, Wallenberg Academy Fellow in Biblical Studies, Lund University, Sweden God and the Little Grey Cells offers a perspective long overdue. Agatha Christie is a cultural phenomenon and Dan Clanton shows that religion is at the heart of her work. His thorough and accessible book positions the Queen of Crime as a Christian writer and thinker. -- James Bernthal-Hooker, Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Suffolk, UK
