February 15, 2002
When Love Is Divine: the Christian Romance Novel
When I tell people I'm writing about inspirational romance fiction, I tend to get one of two reactions. The first one, a bit nervous: "How can a feminist be interested in that fundamentalist junk?" The second one, either laughing or truly confused: "How can you have a romance without sex?"
Those conflicts -- between female empowerment and fundamentalist anti-feminism, and at a deeper level between the spirit and the flesh -- lie at the heart of Christian romance, a rapidly growing
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