Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational FictionUniv of North Carolina Press, 2006 - 245 páginas 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 |
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Prologue | 1 |
1 The History of Evangelical Romance | 15 |
2 The Discipline of Fun | 43 |
3 The Evaluation of Romance | 73 |
4 The Ministry of Romantic Fiction | 105 |
5 The Fashioning of Faith | 129 |
6 The Romance of God | 157 |
Epilogue | 185 |
Notes | 197 |
Bibliography | 219 |
| 233 | |
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