Deborah asks...
Where do you draw the line in denominational distinctives?
What would turn you off and perhaps deter you from reading a particular author. If you knew the author were a Mormon or Jehovah's witness, would you be as enthusiastic about picking up a book? What about a Catholic? Calvinist? Arminian? Liberal Episcopalian? What are the things in a work that allow you to overcome a leeriness about a worldview you disagree with?
I've been reading comments from other members of the Writers View Forum and didn't think I should post. But I will post a quick response here for Deborah as it relates to christian fiction not self-help or nonfiction.
Where do you draw the line in denominational distinctives?
When it places itself above other Christians. When it seeks to separate or divide us.
What would turn you off and perhaps deter you from reading a particular author.
The denomination wouldn't bother me, but preachy dialogue and propaganda pieces turn me off.
What are the things in a work that allow you to overcome a leeriness about a worldview you disagree with?
Hadn't had that happened yet. But the second I read a character call a black person "colored," the book goes back.The only books that I will allow that is historical fiction or classics. Otherwise, I don't see denomination. I see unapologetic ignorance.
Dee
1 comments:
Thanks for responding to the questions.
I think all in all, if someone had the ability to see and to make me see when I read his or her work, then the denomination doesn't really matter.
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