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INTEREST: Japanese Publisher Plans 'World's 1st Christian Light Novel'

The day has come.

A Minister is in a harem.

I still can not believe that God sent me to Preach the Gospel to an all Girl`s Christian School for Troubled Youth

So why are we forcing Jesus in japan ? I get the impression this gonna end up as dumpster truck on fire, then again I'm not Christian.

I personally think something on the Crusades could be neat. Of course though, it would be politically incorrect to the extreme.

encrypted12345 wrote:

I personally think something on the Crusades could be neat. Of course though, it would be politically incorrect to the extreme.

Well not if gives the proper accurate context of the Crusades, them being a reaction to 400 years of continued battles and raids by Islamic imperialism.

Instead of the widespread pop culture myth that it happened because lulz Christians are evil.

encrypted12345 wrote:

I personally think something on the Crusades could be neat. Of course though, it would be politically incorrect to the extreme.

Not necessarily, a story about the Hussite crusades could be fascinating and since they were waged against Bohemian Christians protesting corruption in the Catholic Church it avoids any tension regarding Islam neatly.

Back to the subject at hand, this is a religious press doing this, so it'll be interesting to see if they choose something genuinely engaging that can compete in the overall marketplace, or something saccharine that will never be found outside religious bookstores. I expect the latter, but am rooting for the former.

Personally, I think a good light novel idea for this company would be set in the days Japanese Christian persecution, which went from the 1500s up to after World War 2. There is quite a bit of similarity to the struggle set in Barefoot Gen, set in the horror of death and destruction.

People ignore the plights that Christians, like the current Genocide by ISIS in the Middle East, whom their mothers, daughters, and sisters are raped and the men beheaded. Or the Japanese Christians who had to go underground or have their family wiped out by the Shoguns. That kind of story is what needs to be told.

Chrysostomus wrote:

encrypted12345 wrote: I personally think something on the Crusades could be neat. Of course though, it would be politically incorrect to the extreme. Well not if gives the proper accurate context of the Crusades, them being a reaction to 400 years of continued battles and raids by Islamic imperialism. Instead of the widespread pop culture myth that it happened because lulz Christians are evil.

Both are true, actually. Allow me to elaborate:

Part 1: Christians take back land that was stolen from them. Portugal as a country, for example, was formed due to this.

Part 2: Then, the crusaders head towards Jerusalem, and s*** hits the fan.

SWAnimefan wrote:

Personally, I think a good light novel idea for this company would be set in the days Japanese Christian persecution, which went from the 1500s up to after World War 2. There is quite a bit of similarity to the struggle set in Barefoot Gen, set in the horror of death and destruction. People ignore the plights that Christians, like the current Genocide by ISIS in the Middle East, whom their mothers, daughters, and sisters are raped and the men beheaded. Or the Japanese Christians who had to go underground or have their family wiped out by the Shoguns. That kind of story is what needs to be told.

Right, because what's most needed in a time when Christians are doing most of the persecution (amongst other things, like defending clergy who abused kids) is stories talking about how hard done by the Christians were at various points in history, totally ignoring how for more of history it's the Christians doing the persecution. Including of other Christians.

What is a light novel anyway? Just a short novel made for easy consumption and with a manga style cover illustration?

Christians are doing most of the persecution

Right, because what's most needed in a time when Christians are doing most of the persecution (amongst other things, like defending clergy who abused kids) is stories talking about how hard done by the Christians were at various points in history, totally ignoring how for more of history it's the Christians doing the persecution. Including of other Christians.

Part 1: Christians take back land that was stolen from them. Portugal as a country, for example, was formed due to this.

Part 2: Then, the crusaders head towards Jerusalem, and s*** hits the fan.