The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Format: kindle
ASIN: B001UMC9ZG
Publish date: March 26th 2009
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Book Club,
Religion,
Christian,
Biography Memoir,
Christianity,
Spirituality
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...
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...
I loved this book! As a former fundamentalist Christian myself I felt like I was able to appreciate both sides of the story, and the grey areas, and even the compelling craziness of hyper-conservative Christianity.