Redefining Christian Fiction

Increasingly, however, content within the Christian fiction category is changing from overtly religious to subtle faith-based themes, such as forgiveness or hope. At Harlequin, which calls the Christian fiction published under its Love Inspired line “inspirational,” every story “upholds the values and beliefs of Christianity,” the publisher says. Clean fiction’s crossover power The crossover between clean fiction and Christian fiction can be beneficial to religion publishers, as books from Christian houses that are categorized as clean fiction often lead to more readers in mainstream markets.