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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: The image of God in literature for children: A thematic content analysis of twentieth century fiction titles in a Christian context Abstract: Utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, this study sought to identify and analyze fiction written for children and published in the twentieth century (1900-1999) through thematic content analysis, to determine the parental image or images of God, as understood in Judeo-Christian theology, represented in such books. The study also explored the centrality of God to the story and interaction between God and the fictional characters in these titles to determine the nature of that interaction. A search of the WorldCat database using the keywords God, juvenile, and fiction was combined with a search for titles that have the words God and fiction in the subject field to compensate for the fact that the term juvenile fiction was not employed in cataloging of materials before 1986. An instrument was developed to record and code data for the purpose of analysis. |
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