Masculinity, Political Action, and Spiritual Warfare in the Fictional Ministry of Frank E. Peretti
Like many evangelical authors, Frank E. Peretti claims that his writing is a ministry. While critics and reviewers have noted the way he popularized supernatural thrillers in the evangelical market and enjoyed unprecedented financial success for an evangelical author, they fail to recognize that the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2020]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-72 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KBQ North America KDG Free church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Masculinity
B Authorship B Spiritual warfare B Evangelical B Frank E. Peretti |
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| Summary: | Like many evangelical authors, Frank E. Peretti claims that his writing is a ministry. While critics and reviewers have noted the way he popularized supernatural thrillers in the evangelical market and enjoyed unprecedented financial success for an evangelical author, they fail to recognize that the specific kind of ministry that Peretti engages in through fiction is new in three key ways: it is masculine, it is political, and it is sectarian. As a result, this paper argues that Peretti is responsible for changing the relationship between fiction authors and their audience within the evangelical market. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0003 |