“This is a brilliant book. Absolutely brilliant. Roose’s wisdom, humanity, and love kept me going. And I laughed. A lot.”

— Rob Bell
founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church and author of Velvet Elvis and Sex God

“Roose can’t forget he’s at Liberty first as a journalist. He’s a very good one, too, streets ahead of others his age at observation, with an ear for the argot, a nose for irony, a full kit of descriptive tools, and wise to his millennial generation’s enthusiasms, its sense of entitlement, and MySpace self-involvement. Determined not to prejudge, he’s open to being changed himself.”

— The American Scholar

“This is a remarkable book. It’s fascinating, funny, and nuanced – just what the culture wars need. Hallelujah for Kevin Roose.”

— A.J. Jacobs
Author of The Year of Living Biblically

“[Kevin] tells his story entertainingly … level-headed, nuanced, keenly observant.”

— Booklist

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.”

— Tom Perrotta
Author of Little Children
and The Abstinence Teacher

“Kevin Roose is a delightful writer, and this is a humane book. Read it and I predict you’ll have less paranoia, more exposure to ‘the other,’ and a larger dose of Roose’s generous and hopeful faith.”

— Brian McLaren
Christian activist and author of A New Kind of Christian, A Generous Orthodoxy,
and Everything Must Change

“Roose may be young...but he writes like a seasoned veteran”

— Publishers Weekly

“Kevin Roose has produced a textured, intelligent, even sympathetic, account of his semester at Liberty University. He eschews caricature and the cheap shot in favor of keen observation and trenchant analysis. The Unlikely Disciple is a book of uncommon wisdom and insight. I recommend it with enthusiasm.”

— The Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer
Professor of American Religious History at Barnard College and Author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America

“Keenly observed, funny, and compassionate. Kevin Roose parachutes us into a seldom-glimpsed and little understood pocket of America, then guides us through a story of religion and country more resonant than any of us could have imagined.”

— Robert Kurson
author of Shadow Divers
and Crashing Through