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The Religious History of Sherlock Holmes

The Religious History of Sherlock Holmes

In honor of his creator's birthday

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Chris Gehrz
May 22, 2025
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Several May 22nds ago, my turn in the blogging rotation at The Anxious Bench happened to coincide with the birthday of Arthur Conan Doyle. So I decided to research and write a post on the religious history of his most famous creation, my favorite character in British literature: Sherlock Holmes. Knowing that many of you weren’t yet reading me in 2018, l…

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