There is a new genre arising among Christian authors called "creative
spiritual nonfiction." It is nonfiction because it has a historical basis;
it is based on fact, not pure imagination. It is creative because it allows
the author to deal with the facts of the case in a creative way, using
his/her imagination. It is spiritual, rather than purely naturalistic, in
that it allows the author to add a spiritual dimension or interpretation to
both facts and imagination.
The authors of the gospels and other parts of the Bible seemed to have
discovered this genre long before modern Christians writers reinvented it.
Perhaps all nonscientific writers use the three elements of this genre in
varying proportions.
Bob
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