Congratulations to Jennifer from Blogful of Books for winning this giveaway!
In an attempt to find out what Evangelicals are really like, atheist Gina Welch faked a conversion experience and went undercover at Jerry Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church. Over the course of nearly two years, Welch immersed herself in the Evangelical culture, going so far as to embark on a mission trip to Alaska intended to save one hundred souls. In the Land of Believers recounts Welch’s experience in the Christian church. To learn more about this book and my thoughts on it, check out my review here.
The paperback edition of this book has just been released, and Picador would like to give away one copy to a reader of my blog. Here’s what you can do to enter:
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Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. If you compile all your extra entries into one comment they won’t count. The giveaway ends at 11:59pm ET on Tuesday, April 5th. A winner will be drawn using a random number generator and announced later that day on this post. The winner will also be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen. This giveaway is open to those with a mailing address in the United States only. Check out my giveaway policy for more info.
I don’t want to enter for this book, don’t think i would like it, I just want to thank you for leaving a comment on my blog and hope that you will follow me, I just did that to your blog. Love the way you have your blog set up.
I really liked VICIOUS CYCLE by Terri Blackstock, it was very interesting and I learned a great deal from it. Thank my Heavenly father I have never had that problem form any of my family so far.
Edna, I already follow your blog… that’s why I commented on your blog this morning. You popped up in my Blogger reader.
As the church, we never know who might show up or who is watching (1 Pet. 2:12).
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wow…i’m interested in reading this inspirational story…thanks for the chance
I commented on your review of The Band that Played On as “Jennifer @ BlogfulofBooks” (I forgot that on your site I only use Jennifer! Another site I frequent has several Jennifers, so it gets confusing.
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Ha! Don’t worry, I won’t get confused. Your blog url shows up right under your name in my dashboard so I know who you are anyways.
This sounds really interesting.
I commented on your review of THE HUNGER GAMES!
I like you on FB (Amy Sondova)
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I have wanted to read this book for a long time after I read Kevin Roose’s THE UNLIKELY DISCIPLE (you should read it, it’s good).
I’ve been wanting to read Roose’s book! I’ll definitely have remember to add it to my TBR list…
Thanks for the great review. I would be very interested in reading the book. I can see how it would certainly be a bit offensive but perhaps also a bit enlightening to why the world views Christians the way they do. Although I guess it should be obvious, since Christ said we would be hated for his sake.
I have tweeted your contest:)
Surprisingly, some of the most offensive things I found in the book were things Christians had done–things that Gina herself did not find offensive. I think this book showed me how far many evangelical churches still have to go…