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@mlbolangerauthor Yeah–that seems like a pretty reasonable hypothesis. It reminds me of one of Lewis’ points in That Hideous Strength: humans are willing to reject a lot of people and ideas simply to be a part of the “in group..”

Yes–basically what I mean there is that if you need to be a part of a group to critique it effectively in fiction (which is, to be fair, a debatable hypothesis), the challenge of a Christian writing a book specifically toward a non-Christian or otherwise hostile audience about Christian issues seems to not just be practically difficult but theoretically difficult as well. I’m not sure it’s just a matter of “you just need to work very hard to do so,” and wonder if just lacks feasibility as an approach.

I agree with you on the subject of critique. There’s a whole sub-genre of articles out today that’s focused on complaining about the Church and that bothers me a lot. Not that Christians don’t have problems–but if Christ loved the Church to die for her despite her flaws, we ought to have a similar mindset. Love that proposal about how novels could tackle those kinds of themes!