03000nam 2200733 a 450 991045202720332120200520144314.00-8078-7719-01-4294-5383-4(CKB)1000000000467145(EBL)413372(OCoLC)476237203(SSID)ssj0000239362(PQKBManifestationID)11173994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239362(PQKBWorkID)10239342(PQKB)10922523(MiAaPQ)EBC413372(Au-PeEL)EBL413372(CaPaEBR)ebr10273420(CaONFJC)MIL929941(OCoLC)437091802(EXLCZ)99100000000046714520050801d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRomancing God[electronic resource] evangelical women and inspirational fiction /Lynn S. NealChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20061 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5670-3 0-8078-2998-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.The history of evangelical romance -- The discipline of fun -- The evaluation of romance -- The ministry of romantic fiction -- The fashioning of faith -- The romance of God.In the world of the evangelical romance novel, sex and desire are mitigated by an omnipresent third party, the divine. This book states that women's interpretations demonstrate the constant negotiations that characterize evangelical living. It shows the aesthetic sensibility to help alter conventional understandings, both secular and religious.Christian fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismAmerican fictionChristian authorsHistory and criticismAmerican fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismLove stories, AmericanHistory and criticismChristianity and literatureUnited StatesWomen and literatureUnited StatesEvangelicalismUnited StatesEvangelicalism in literatureElectronic books.Christian fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.American fictionChristian authorsHistory and criticism.American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Love stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Christianity and literatureWomen and literatureEvangelicalismEvangelicalism in literature.813/.085083822Neal Lynn S881863MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452027203321Romancing God1969862UNINA