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In this book Kevin Roose charts his journey as a transfer student at Liberty University (“Bible Boot Camp” according to Liberty’s founder Reverend Jerry Falwell). Roose is from a quintessential liberal family. His parents are Quakers and the family’s church activity was limited. He has two lesbian...
It was an enjoyable read because Roose has an engaging, yet easy-going writing style, though the content was somewhat lacking. He admits himself multiple times that his "study" suffers from selection bias. It is likely that it was only the outsiders, the people who were likely to be more critical ...
I have to give him credit. Going into it I thought it would be more biased than it actually was. He did a great job of separating himself from what he already knew and trying to understand the things he didn't. I don't know if I could have been so forgiving to some of the things he witnessed. Also I...
Started reading this last night and I am enjoying it. I'll offer a more in-depth review after I finish this.
I'm a little torn on how to rate this. I thought about giving it five stars because I thought it was so well done for such a young man. (After all, I have a mental stack of books I've promised myself I would write, and I'm twice his age.) I decided I wouldn't tack on the bonus points for age.I th...
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