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I think that "Christian Fiction" is constrained no less by its genre than any other type of fiction. I mean if you buy a Western you don't expect to see aliens from Mars or have the main plot be a romance (though the hero might romance the local school marm) and likewise Christian Fiction is fiction that operates within a framework as well. The characters have to stick within the guidelines of morality (as defined in doctrine) or face the consequences of their actions. I'm sure it can be done badly but just because it has a set of guidelines based in Christian doctrine doesn't (I think) mean that it has to have an agenda. It might have in some cases, but if it violates its own guidelines (for what makes Christian Fiction what it is) then it's no longer Christian Fiction, but something else instead.
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