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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/25039
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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/25039
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Novels are about people. This is true for Christian novelists such as Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Walker Percy, or Flannery O'Connor, just as much as it is true for novelists of no faith. When a novel treats the relationship between God and a character, they do it from the point of view of the character, not God. They examine the human experience of believing in God and in believing that they have encountered God.

This is a theme rather than a genre. You can explore this in any genre of fiction. Fiction that does not fit a genre is usually classified as general or literary for commercial purposes. Of course, certain themes appeal to some readers more than others, but the limits are not creedal. All of the authors I named above are Roman Catholic, but their appeal is far wider.

On the other hand, works that ascribe thoughts, actions, or feelings to God, that look at the relationship with a character from God's POV, are works of theology. You can write a work of theology in fictional form, just as you can write a so-called "business novels", which is business writing in fictional form. Such works appeal to people interested in theology. Most markets for theology are creedally based, though there is certainly a market today for works that are "spiritual, not religious".

Finally, there are works of humor, satire, or mockery that attempt to make fun of religious belief. The market for these is pretty broad today.

It is not clear from your question which of these categories your stories fall into, but I think these cover the possibilities, at least in broad strokes.

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