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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


  1. Holocaust Fiction with a Twist: Christians Imagining Jews in the Shoah Mark Stover, Ph.D. California State University, Northridge

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Publishers • Bethany House* • Victor Press • Moody Press • Tyndale House • Baker Books

  5. Tricia Goyer

  6. Robert Elmer

  7. Lynn Austin

  8. Bodie Thoene

  9. Kerstin Sheldrake

  10. Michael Phillips

  11. Gilbert Morris

  12. David Horton

  13. Ted Dekker

  14. Conclusion • Intended Audience • Legitimacy of Writing from an Outsider’s Perspective • Controversial Nature of Writing about Religious Conversion to Another Religion

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