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==Chick Tracts==

==Chick Tracts==

His works are featured in "Chick Tracts," inexpensive [[comic book]]s designed to be left in public places and to reach out to people who might be passing by.  A major theme in his tracts are emotionally wrought portrayals of God's perfect love for his children alongside somewhat more violent images, like homosexuals writhing in agony while being burned alive in the streets of [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]].<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1052/1052_01.asp</ref>

His works are primarily featured in "Chick Tracts," inexpensive [[comic book]]s designed to be left in public places and to reach out to people who might be passing by.  A major theme in his tracts is emotionally wrought portrayals of God's perfect love for his children alongside somewhat more violent images, like homosexuals writhing in agony while being burned alive in the streets of [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]].<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1052/1052_01.asp</ref>

Chick tracts take a Fundamentalist approach to the Bible.  Despite his controversial viewpoints on many subjects, the majority of Chick tracts are "Basic Gospel" tracts which emphasize the need for salvation and present it in a manner consistent with traditional Christian theology.  Some of the tracts are retellings of Biblical stories in contemporary settings.

Chick tracts take a Fundamentalist approach to the Bible.  Despite his controversial viewpoints on many subjects, the majority of Chick tracts are "Basic Gospel" tracts which emphasize the need for salvation and present it in a manner consistent with traditional Christian theology.  Some of the tracts are retellings of Biblical stories in contemporary settings.

==Criticism==

==Criticism==

Atheist critics have tried to slur Chick, arguing that his tracts rely on stereotypes, faulty logic, and conspiracy theories,<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0007/0007_01.asp</ref> including suggesting that the [[Pope]] is the [[Antichrist]] and that Roman Catholicism actually started Islam, Communism, the Nazi Party and Freemasonry.<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1077/1077_01.asp</ref>  Much of his anti-Catholic work was based on the conspiracy theories of Alberto Rivera, a self-claimed "Catholic bishop" who was later exposed as a fraud and charlatan with a criminal history by Protestant writer Gary Metz in the March 13, 1981 edition of ''Christianity Today''.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2017/11/jack-chicks-lies-real-alberto-rivera-exposed.html Jack Chick’s Lies: The Real Alberto Rivera Exposed]</ref>

Critics (not limited to atheists or progressives) have argued that his tracts rely on stereotypes, faulty logic, and conspiracy theories,<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0007/0007_01.asp</ref> including suggesting that the [[Pope]] is the [[Antichrist]] and that Roman Catholicism actually started Islam, Communism, the Nazi Party and Freemasonry.<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1077/1077_01.asp</ref>  Much of his anti-Catholic work was based on the conspiracy theories of Alberto Rivera, a self-claimed "Catholic bishop" who was later exposed as a fraud and charlatan with a criminal history by Protestant writer Gary Metz in the March 13, 1981 edition of ''Christianity Today''.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2017/11/jack-chicks-lies-real-alberto-rivera-exposed.html Jack Chick’s Lies: The Real Alberto Rivera Exposed]</ref>

==References==

==References==