Thursday, September 28, 2017

Features Of African American Christian Fiction Novels

By Richard Barnes


Writers of these books should know specifically what to write in their stories. These are very different from other works of writings as they should distinctively show what it is like to be a believer. Therefore, the content to put in this book require a lot of analysis to ensure what written is what is supposed to appear. The following determines African American Christian fiction novel.

Bases romance in more than physical attraction. The process through which two actors come to fall in love through romance is portrayed as more than the physical appearance of the individuals. They should show other factors that brought about romance other than beauty and physical qualities of the involved parties. These other factors should include those that lie within the heart and mind of people especially salvation, love for everyone and a good heart with a strong personality.

They do not encourage violence and revenge. Stories on these kinds of books are purely not based on revenge and violence. These two are ungodly and hence discouraged. The Bible encourages people to love their enemies and not tolerate their actions. The two actions do not show love because they inflict pain to the enemy.

Lack sexual sin glamour. They need not glorify sexual sin at all. The Bible categorically differentiates that the act of sexual sin is not only the sin but also seeing and thinking of it is a sin. When the author takes time to sit down and reflect on how to portray a certain sexual sin scene in their book, they think and hence commuting the sin itself.

Lack profanity. Profanity is the use of bad words and socially offensive language. It is against the will of God for a person to use abusive language. It shows the ungodliness in a person and lack of respect of a person to the other, simply abuses the other party. Many writers are using this language in their writings to make it real. In believers, however, the reality the words will bring are not to be used in these books.

Actors who are believers should act in integrity or suffer the consequences. Believers acting in the given book should be portrayed as people who follow morality and integrity in their actions. They should not be allowed to win in cases of compromising their personalities to fit their circumstances. In such compromise, the author needs to show the consequences of their actions.

They have a Christian message. At the end of every novel, it should point out the message that a person is to learn after reading it. Even before the end of a book, the reader should be able to know the lesson. And this lesson is based on moral teachings as dictated by the Bible.

It has a biblical basis. As a book meant to shape the lives of those who believe in the Bible, it requires a basis that automatically shows its source. It is not to portray different backgrounds of information to avoid confusion to the readers. The basis helps in avoiding misleading messages.




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