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Blodgett, Anita Jan. "Keepers of the Gate: An Analysis of Protestant Evangelical Fiction," American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park, December 1995.
Since the 1970s there has been a notable upsurge in fiction published by self-identified Protestant evangelical publishers. Analysis of evangelical fiction reveals three overlapping gatekeeping activities: defining appropriate evangelical behaviors, challenging perceived norms, and recruiting new believers. The conflicts between these three functions reflect the ongoing tensions between desires to remain separate from the surrounding secular culture and impulses toward accommodation. Further, these novels serve as cultural artifacts by giving voice to the stories the evangelical community chooses to tell about itself, and as products of the continuing interaction of media and religion.
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