This abstract discusses the work of Reverend Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, a Congregationalist minister who in 1897 published a novel titled In His Steps. The novel is centered on ordinary people who resolve everyday problems with the question, “What would Jesus do?” According to the article fantasy is “the creative and imaginative interpretation of events” and is “the means through which the interpretation is accomplished in communication to help members of the rhetorical community to see the world in a certain way.” Sheldon’s question, “What would Jesus do” helps readers achieve personal reform. The three fantasies that Sheldon and his supporters tried to achieve was that the deity could empower each person who has a relationship with Him, the
