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Publishers put their faith in churchified 'chick lit'
By Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY

Secular and religious publishers are adding a Christian twist to the genre of young women's fiction called "chick lit." Publishers Weekly dubbed it "Bridget Jones goes to church."

While classic chick lit addresses single women's supposedly crushing issues thigh circumference, man-trapping and how many glasses of wine one drank the night before Christian chick lit includes more church singles' groups. And no recreational drinking....