S6 E19 | Dr. Josephine Stringer | Virtue in the Story: Leadership Lessons from Detective Fiction
Update: 2025-11-10
Description
In this episode of the Alabaster Jar Podcast, Dr. Lynn Cohick and Dr. Josephine Stringer talk about the intersections of leadership, virtue, and storytelling. Dr. Stringer shares her personal journey as a lifelong lover of books, explaining how her experience as a librarian shaped her dissertation on leadership and virtue. They also explore the power of detective fiction, particularly the works of Dorothy Sayers, as a means for developing virtue and understanding leadership. They also discuss how both fiction and biblical narratives can transform readers by engaging their emotions and fostering deeper spiritual reflection.
Resources Mentioned:
The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity
Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible, and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers
An Apology for Poetry & Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Black Beauty: An Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice by Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson
Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life by Dr. Grace Hamman
Episode Sponsor:
The Alabaster Jar is brought to you by The Center for Women in Leadership, a newly formed 501©3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is to equip women in a context that is biblically rooted, theologically robust, and ethnically diverse to thrive as leaders in the academy, the marketplace, and the Church. Follow them on Instagram @leadershipwithoutapology.
Resources Mentioned:
The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity
Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible, and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers
An Apology for Poetry & Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Black Beauty: An Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice by Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson
Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life by Dr. Grace Hamman
Episode Sponsor:
The Alabaster Jar is brought to you by The Center for Women in Leadership, a newly formed 501©3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is to equip women in a context that is biblically rooted, theologically robust, and ethnically diverse to thrive as leaders in the academy, the marketplace, and the Church. Follow them on Instagram @leadershipwithoutapology.
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