Unlikely Disciple: Undercover at a Christian College

I came across an article at CampusProgress.org about a student from Brown University, who went undercover at Liberty University to conduct a field study of Christian colleges.  Kevin Roose (the student), then wrote a book about his experiences at Liberty.  Roose talks about Christian education, conservative Christian views on homosexuality, and why the "God divide" is overblown.

The book is "The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University;" naturally, I was intrigued by the book, given the topic being discussed. Being a former student of a Christian university, I am very interested in reading about Roose's experiences.  I haven't read the whole book yet, I have only been able to read some excerpts.  My actual book copy was just ordered from Amazon.

An editorial review from Booklist reports:

Brown University student Roose didn’t think of himself as being particularly religious, yet he conceived the novel idea of enrolling at Liberty University, the school Jerry Falwell built, thereby transferring from a school “a notch or two above Sodom and Gomorrah” to the evangelical equivalent of Notre Dame or Brigham Young. His reasons were logical, though curious. To him, a semester at Liberty was like studying abroad. “Here, right in my time zone, was a culture more foreign to me than any European capital.” He tells his story entertainingly, as a matter of trying to blend in and not draw too much attention to himself. One hardened habit he had to break was cursing; he even bought a Christian self-help book to tame his tongue. Throughout his time at Liberty, he stayed level-headed, nuanced, keenly observant. He meant to find some gray in the black-and-white world of evangelicalism, and he learned a few things. His stint at Liberty hardly changed the world but did alter his way at looking at it. That’s a start.

I think this book is going to be a great read.  I expect that the author is going to be very honest about his feelings and his emotions.  When he arrived at Liberty, many of the students asked him why he left Brown.  He responded that he wanted to know what it was like to go to a Christian college.  And it's true.  After I read the book I hope to compare and contrast his experiences to my own.