Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational FictionUniv of North Carolina Press, 2006 - 245 Seiten In the world of the evangelical romance novel, sex and desire are mitigated by an omnipresent third party-the divine. Thus romance is not just an encounter between lovers, but a triangle of affection: man, woman, and God. Although this literature is often |
Inhalt
PROLOGUE | 1 |
The History of Evangelical Romance | 15 |
The Discipline of Fun | 43 |
The Evaluation of Romance | 73 |
The Ministry of Romantic Fiction | 105 |
The Fashioning of Faith | 129 |
The Romance of God | 157 |
EPILOGUE | 185 |
NOTES | 197 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 219 |
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