Christian fiction - any readers out there?

03/24/2006 | HumanitysEdge

[HumanitysEdge]

With all the hype of how difficult it is to find good Christian fiction, do we want to start a list on freerepublic of books we think the others would like?

[HumanitysEdge]

Do we want to start a Christian fiction ping/list?

[TommyDale]

Fiction? Here ya go: anything by Rick Warren!

[BibChr]

Ted Dekker: not the world's best writer, but excellent storyteller. Gripping. Like a cross between King, Koontz, and Lewis, in terms of storytelling.

Joel Rosenberg. Well-written, gripping, like Tom Clancy but without all the mumbo-jumbo.

James Scott Bell. Reminiscent of Grisham.

There y'go.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

LOL!

[TommyDale]

http://cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1024

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Have you read it?

[TommyDale]

Not yet, but the intro looks like it hits the mark, and it comes with good recommendations from Paul Proctor.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Sounds interesting.

Have you heard of Brian McLaren?

[TommyDale]

No, what's his story?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

He writes Christian fiction too. McLaren

[knittnmom]

For a while, I was into a series of historical novels by Brock and Bode Thoene.

[TommyDale]

Thanks for the link. I can add McLaren to my list of heretics to avoid.

[Antoninus]

Here's a good one that works well considering our current geo-political struggles--fanatical Islam, indifferent Europe, the bravery of a few valiant fighting men, etc.:


Angels in Iron

Disclaimer: This book is published by the company I work for.

[Alex Murphy]

Shane Johnson writes some excellent stuff...

[tamarawilhite]

Has anyone read anything by Tamara Wilhite?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Would any consider John Bunyon's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS to be fiction? If so, it is the only work of "christian fiction" I have read, and well worth it.

[lastchance]

Some favorite Christian authors.
Dee Henderson- her series
Shaunti Feldman- Veritas Conflict
G.P. Taylor _ Shadowmancer and Wormwood
Frank Perretti- any book but especially The Visitation
Randy Alcorn
C.S. Lewis
Walter Wagerin > Book of Dun Cow.

[lastchance]

Some favorite Christian authors.
Dee Henderson- her series
Shaunti Feldman- Veritas Conflict
G.P. Taylor _ Shadowmancer and Wormwood
Frank Perretti- any book but especially The Visitation
Randy Alcorn
C.S. Lewis
Walter Wagerin > Book of Dun Cow.

[tamarawilhite]

I've read CS Lewis. I like science fiction, but most of it is Gaia-worship, capitalism bashing, evil Christians or atheists in space. Christian sci-fi seems a contradiction, but it doesn't have to be.
I like Tamara Wilhite's writings, but she only has one book thus far.

[LadyDoc]

How do you define "Christian fiction"...

Poorly written, simplistic stuff like anything by Grace Livingston Hill?

Or stuff that delves into good and evil and God, such as works by Tolstoy, Sigrid Undset, Walker Percy, Edmund O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor, JRR Tolkien, etc.?