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Holocaust Fiction with a Twist: Christians Imagining Jews in the Shoah Mark Stover, Ph.D. California State University, Northridge Five Goals for Christian Holocaust Fiction Express concern for Jews Grapple with the theological problem

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Holocaust Fiction with a Twist: Christians Imagining Jews in the Shoah

Mark Stover, Ph.D. California State University, Northridge

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Five Goals for Christian Holocaust Fiction

  • Express concern for Jews
  • Grapple with the theological problem of evil
  • Argue in favor of conversion to Christianity
  • Demonstrate the resistance of “true

Christians” during the Holocaust

  • Provide compelling examples of loving and

self-sacrificing Christians

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Scope of the Study

  • Novels written by evangelical Christians and

published by evangelical publishers

  • Events take place during or after World War II

and involve major characters who are Jewish Holocaust survivors

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Publishers

  • Bethany House*
  • Victor Press
  • Moody Press
  • Tyndale House
  • Baker Books
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Tricia Goyer

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Robert Elmer

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Lynn Austin

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Bodie Thoene

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Kerstin Sheldrake

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Michael Phillips

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Gilbert Morris

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David Horton

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Ted Dekker

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Conclusion

  • Intended Audience
  • Legitimacy of Writing from an Outsider’s

Perspective

  • Controversial Nature of Writing about

Religious Conversion to Another Religion