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.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor’s PrefaceIntroduction Part One: Literary and Historical BackgroundChapter 1: Golden Age Crime Fiction and Agatha ChristieChapter 2: Christianity in England and Agatha Christie Part Two: The Bible in Christie’s Poirot StoriesChapter 3: Death on the NileChapter 4: Evil Under the SunChapter 5: The Prodigal SonPart Three: Poirot, Religion, and ChristianityChapter 6: Poirot’s Religious Identity, Part 1: Background and Nine ThemesChapter 7: Poirot’s Religious Identity, Part 2: “The Chocolate Box” and Taken at the FloodChapter 8: Murder on the Orient ExpressChapter 9: The A.B.C. MurdersChapter 10: CurtainPart Four: “Other” Religions in Christie’s Poirot StoriesChapter 11: A Christian “Cult” Chapter 12: Spiritualism Chapter 13: Jews and JudaismChapter 14: Muslims and IslamConclusionAppendix: Biblical Allusions and Quotations BibliographyIndex

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.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor’s PrefaceIntroduction Part One: Literary and Historical BackgroundChapter 1: Golden Age Crime Fiction and Agatha ChristieChapter 2: Christianity in England and Agatha Christie Part Two: The Bible in Christie’s Poirot StoriesChapter 3: Death on the NileChapter 4: Evil Under the SunChapter 5: The Prodigal SonPart Three: Poirot, Religion, and ChristianityChapter 6: Poirot’s Religious Identity, Part 1: Background and Nine ThemesChapter 7: Poirot’s Religious Identity, Part 2: “The Chocolate Box” and Taken at the FloodChapter 8: Murder on the Orient ExpressChapter 9: The A.B.C. MurdersChapter 10: CurtainPart Four: “Other” Religions in Christie’s Poirot StoriesChapter 11: A Christian “Cult” Chapter 12: Spiritualism Chapter 13: Jews and JudaismChapter 14: Muslims and IslamConclusionAppendix: Biblical Allusions and Quotations BibliographyIndex

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.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor’s PrefaceIntroduction Part One: Literary and Historical BackgroundChapter 1: Golden Age Crime Fiction and Agatha ChristieChapter 2: Christianity in England and Agatha Christie Part Two: The Bible in Christie’s Poirot StoriesChapter 3: Death on the NileChapter 4: Evil Under the SunChapter 5: The Prodigal SonPart Three: Poirot, Religion, and ChristianityChapter 6: Poirot’s Religious Identity, Part 1: Background and Nine ThemesChapter 7: Poirot’s Religious Identity, Part 2: “The Chocolate Box” and Taken at the FloodChapter 8: Murder on the Orient ExpressChapter 9: The A.B.C. MurdersChapter 10: CurtainPart Four: “Other” Religions in Christie’s Poirot StoriesChapter 11: A Christian “Cult” Chapter 12: Spiritualism Chapter 13: Jews and JudaismChapter 14: Muslims and IslamConclusionAppendix: Biblical Allusions and Quotations BibliographyIndex