This author sounds interesting to me too. I come from a conservative Christian background and still attend a fairly conservative church, but am personally more moderate in how I live out my faith. So I would like to read the perspective of others from similar backgrounds.

The part where he tells everyone the truth is sad. I would have been SO MAD if I found out that a friend of mine was undercover and writing about me secretly.

Yes, too upsetting. Then I got through the thrashing and stayed up til past one to finish it, only I didn’t quite finish it, because I wanted to read the part where he is unmasked when my eyes weren’t crossing. It’s so nice to discover a book about something you know about, that doesn’t get anything wrong. He really doesn’t seem to have any agenda except the journalist’s; I don’t think an older person could have written the same book. I am contemplating a monumental autobiographical review now. Probably not a good idea.

How come? Too upsetting? I found it very absorbing and couldn’t put it down. I brought it to my parents’ place to lend it to my father, and my mum and sister both read it on the same day because they, too, could not put it down. 😛

Ha, I have soooo many religious books out of the library right now. I’m reading one called Quiverfull about this movement that promotes “complementarian” (which means extremely traditional) gender roles and the having of many, many, many children; and then I’ve got one about the Christian youth movement, and two that are more generally about the Christian right. I’m so excited to read them all!

You are more than welcome, although it may be perilous to take my word for it. But it does seem like there are a lot of books out there that deal with these topics, and this one’s soooo not worth the time.

Yes! All very true! Though to be fair, The Unlikely Disciple’s premise lent itself to narrative in a way that Rapture Ready didn’t really. It made it very absorbing. Bonnie stayed up all night to finish it.

No, I’ve never heard of him! But I would quite like to read something by him, as he will have had an insider’s perspective. Yay, I’m loving all these recommendations. 🙂