 Theological fiction also overlaps with religious fiction or Christian novels (also called inspirational fiction), especially when dealing with complex ideas such as "redemption," "salvation" and "predestination," which have a direct bearing on attitudes towards religious practices.Some authors try to distinguish a "theological novel" as one which denotes a more idea driven plot, rather than a novel which is about people who happen to be interacting with religion, but the distinction often proves difficult to sustain when ideas and actions are closely interwoven, each influencing the other.Examples of the genre (also called novellae) include