“Complicated” is how Roose describes Falwell, which is a good descriptor for his undercover student experience. Download Citation The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinners Semester at Americas Holiest University Kevin Roose, an ethnographer in journalists clothing. Jerry Falwell granted Roose an interview for the student newspaper shortly before the famous evangelical's death in May 2007. WHAT a frightening sight as Jesus steps ashore Two unusually fierce men come out from the nearby cemetery and run toward him. He quickly makes friends at Liberty, but is naïvely stunned and not a little disgusted by their antigay rhetoric. Ed Morse of the investment bank says oil imports from China may fall even as demand rises from now till the end of the year. Roose may be young-he's a 19-year-old college sophomore-but he writes like a seasoned veteran and obviously enjoys his work.

He suffers his way through a course debunking evolution, but finds enjoyment in a Scripture class. The Unlikely Disciple provides a funny, compassionate, and revealing look at Jerry Falwell's 'Bible Boot Camp,' and the surprisingly diverse band of true believers who make it their home. He trains himself to control his foul language and even begins to pray and study the Bible regularly, much to the bewilderment of his liberal Quaker parents. Coming from progressive Brown University, the author admits that the transition to Liberty, with its iron-clad attempts at controlling student behavior, came with much anxiety. In what could be described as religious gonzo journalism, Roose documents his experiences as a student for a semester at Liberty University, the largest Christian fundamentalist university in the United States.

The unlikely disciple