This book was amazing. If I thought Dan Pfeiffer's [b:Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump|36342140|Yes We (Still) Can Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump|Dan Pfeiffer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1529777836s/36342140.jpg|58022135] was illuminating as to Trump voters (and it was), this was a really educational look into the minds of Liberty students in spring 2007. Roose is a Brown undergrad, raised Quaker, who decided to spend his semester abroad trying to learn about evangelical Christians and the life they lived at Liberty University as he found them far more different than people he might encounter during a study abroad session in Europe. He also had the honor of conducting the last print interview with Jerry Falwell, for which Falwell recognized him during a service.

While I don't think those who choose to study at Liberty are representative of Christians, or even most evangelical Christians they are a growing population segment even as more time passed from Jerry Falwell's most outrageous claims. While Roose earned detention for falling asleep during convocation and sat through classes that pushed young earth creationism, he was pleased to learn that not all Liberty students followed the professor's teachings to a tee.

A really interesting issue Roose raised was that of Liberty professors viewing education as an enemy of Christianity. ALthough this read like a novel, Roose did an excellent job to ensure his classmates and professors were shown as just more than one dimensional Christians.

An excellent read, no matter your leanings.