Need help from fundamentalists on doctoral disseration

[Waiting for the Verdict]

Hey guys,

I'm not a fundamentalist (a former one, though), but I figured this would be o.k. to post here. Could anyone tell me of some evangelical novels that deal with social issues (abortion, gay rights, welfare, gun control, poverty, etc.)? I'm interested in any viewpoint within the novels - a.k.a. liberal or conservative. I'm also interested in evangelical romance novels that talk about gender roles.

Lastly, does anyone know of any major (or minor) fundamentalist novelists from the early 1900's? Any major evangelical novelists? Particularly if they are Americans.

Look forward to hearing from you. And I promise, my dissertation tries hard to be objective. I'm not out on a witch hunt or anything.

God bless!

[Waiting for the Verdict]

Anyone? I could really use help on this.

[kenneth558]

Anyone? I could really use help on this.
You would have more credibility if you, as a doctoral candidate, could spell "believe" correctly in your signature and "dissertation" in your title. It makes us wonder if you are who you claim to be.

As a hyper-fundamentalist myself, I have absolutely NO interest in novels, Christian or otherwise. I read the Bible. Over and over again. I have no time for novels and don't keep track of the ones that are out there.

[No Swansong]

You could try 'Prophet' by Frank Perretti (sp?) it is a novel about inspiration and abortion. I don't really read a lot of fiction so I can't really think of much else.
Concerning your spelling I know that I have advanced accredited degrees and still am known to misspell. Don't worry about it.

[Waiting for the Verdict]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. As for the spelling, I was in a hurry when I was writing this, so that is why dissertation was spelled wrong. I normally mispell believe. My spellchecker catches it all the time!

Any other takers?

[No Swansong]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. As for the spelling, I was in a hurry when I was writing this, so that is why dissertation was spelled wrong. I normally mispell believe. My spellchecker catches it all the time!

Any other takers?

What is your thesis for your dissertation?

Which degree are you pursuing Ph.D? What concentration?

[oliveplants]

As far as early novelists, all I can think of is Grace Livingston HIll. Don't know if she would be considered fundy...
George MacDonald certianly wasn't.

I don't read much fiction anymore.

[Waiting for the Verdict]

What is your thesis for your dissertation?

Which degree are you pursuing Ph.D? What concentration? Hey, jtbad. I am going for a Ph.D. in English (I know, I know, he can not spell!). I'm currently a student at SUNY Binghamton. My concentration is the Victorian novel, specifically evangelical fiction, but my dissertation is going to be on the difference between evangelical novels of the 1800's and those of today (both British and American novels). What I argue is that evangelical (and later, fundamentalist) novels have actually grown more conservative over the last 200 years, mainly because of the split between liberal and conservative evangelicals during the 1850's and 1860's (for which we have Darwin and the Civil War to thank). But I also argue that the growing conservativeness of fundamentalist and evangelical novels during this century is primarily a result of class inequities and marginalization of evangelicals and fundamentalists by agnostic, atheist, and liberal Protestant elites. In short, I basically argue that the left, by its own intolerance, helped create the current social divide every bit as much (perhaps more than) the Protestant right did.

That is the long and the short of it, anyway. If you have any more questions about it, let me know.

[No Swansong]

Hey, jtbad. I am going for a Ph.D. in English (I know, I know, he can not spell!). I'm currently a student at SUNY Binghamton. My concentration is the Victorian novel, specifically evangelical fiction, but my dissertation is going to be on the difference between evangelical novels of the 1800's and those of today (both British and American novels). What I argue is that evangelical (and later, fundamentalist) novels have actually grown more conservative over the last 200 years, mainly because of the split between liberal and conservative evangelicals during the 1850's and 1860's (for which we have Darwin and the Civil War to thank). But I also argue that the growing conservativeness of fundamentalist and evangelical novels during this century is primarily a result of class inequities and marginalization of evangelicals and fundamentalists by agnostic, atheist, and liberal Protestant elites. In short, I basically argue that the left, by its own intolerance, helped create the current social divide every bit as much (perhaps more than) the Protestant right did.

That is the long and the short of it, anyway. If you have any more questions about it, let me know.


It's an interesting Thesis. I would be interested in reading your defense when you get that far.

Good Luck!