Explorations in Twentieth-century Theology and Philosophy

Ann Loades, CBE (1938–2022), was Emerita Professor of Divinity at Durham University, UK, and Honorary Professor at University of St. Andrews, UK. Stephen Burns is Professor of Liturgical and Practical Theology at Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Australia.

• A Personal Note Stephen Burns; Foreword Simon Oliver; Introduction: The Grace of Intelligence Stephen Burns; One Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941): Mysticism and Worship; Two Evelyn Underhill: As Novelist – Exploring Mysticism; Three Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957): War and Redemption; Four Dorothy L. Sayers: Are Women Human? Considering Dante’s Beatrice; Five C. S. Lewis (1898–1963): On Gender; Six C. S. Lewis: On Grief; Seven Austin Farrer (1905–1968): Love Almighty and Ills Unlimited; Eight Austin Farrer: And Friends; Nine Simone Weil (1909–1943): Resistance and Writing; Ten Simone Weil: Eucharistic Sacrifice – Exploring a Metaphor; Eleven Stephen Sykes (1939–2014) and Colleagues: Exploring the Problematic Legacy of Power; Afterword: The Passionate Intellect of Ann Loades Robert MacSwain; Acknowledgements;  Bibliography; Contributors; Index

"This brilliant and passionate book weaves the lives and voices of Christian women from the twentieth century - Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy Sayers, Helen Waddell and others - whose voices need to be heard through the bloodshed of the two world wars informing a tradition of Anglican theology expressed in the work of such theologians as Austin Farrer, Donald Mackinnon, Michael Ramsey, the silencing of which has had dire consequences for our present Church and its episcopacy" — The Revd Canon Professor David Jasper DD FRSE, Emeritus Professor - University of Glasgow, Honorary Professorial Research Fellow - University of Glasgow, UK; Associate Editor, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church.