God and the Little Grey Cells

About this book

Dan W. Clanton, Jr. examines the presence and use of religion and the Bible in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and stories, as well as their later interpretations. Clanton begins by situating Christie in her literary, historical, and religious contexts, discussing "Golden Age" crime fiction and Christianity in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He then explores the ways in which the Bible is used in Christie's Poirot novels, as well as how Christie constructs a religious identity for her little Belgian sleuth. Clanton concludes by asking how non-majority religious cultures are treated in the Poirot canon, including a heterodox Christian movement, Spiritualism, Judaism, and Islam.