28 of 52

This book had a lot in common with The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose (4 of 52). Both are accounts of experiences at conservative evangelical ("fundamentalist") Christian colleges written by outsiders. Roose's book is funnier, more personal, and more generous.

I picked up God's Harvard out of curiosity and read for a while, until I had read for too long to not finish it; although if it weren't for 52 in 52, I probably wouldn't have finished it.

I am unlike the students at Liberty and Patrick Henry College (the schools profiled in the two books) in so many ways. In fact, we'd have violent disagreements about many things, theological, political, you name it. Yet to much of the culture, I fall into the same category as those students ("evangelical Christian"). I guess that's why I like to read these kinds of things. I like to try to understand my brothers and sisters. And I like to know how others see "us," what people might think I am if they hear that I'm a Christian.