TUD in Marie Claire!
The new issue of Marie Claire hits stands this week, with a feature about THE UNLIKELY DISCIPLE in the Love/Sex section (near the back). The Q&A, called “Holy Sex: Dating the Evangelical Way,” is about the dating climate I entered at Liberty, and how I struggled to reconcile the teachings of my second-wave feminist mom with Liberty’s rules against romantic contact and its staunch Baptist traditionalism.
The book isn’t officially out for six-ish weeks, so it’s a little early for buzz-building publicity, but I’m not complaining, and I love the article — even though I can’t quite figure out what the people in the accompanying photo are doing. I’ll post a full scan of the article on the Press page soon, but until then, check it out on the rack. It’s the March issue, with Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, and Ginnifer Goodwin on the cover, and it looks something like this:
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Also of note this week: Dr. Randall Balmer, an Episcopal priest and professor of American Religious History at Barnard (and enthusiastic blurber of The Unlikely Disciple) was on The Daily Show last Thursday to promote his new book, God in the White House. I haven’t read the new book yet, but Dr. Balmer’s landmark book about evangelical culture, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, was hugely helpful during my semester at Liberty. (See his interview with Jon Stewart here.)
