Undercover Brother
I’ve been meaning to post the link to this NPR story for awhile. The summary: College student Kevin Roose passes himself off as an evangelical Christian to blend in with students at Liberty University. Hilarity ensues.
What i think is very interesting about this is that the evangelical subculture, which used to be almost mainstream, has now faded so far out to the fringes of American society that one needs to go undercover to study it. Like slipping into russia during the cold war with a fake gotee and a bad accent, Roose commits to reading the bible, praying, and following “The Liberty Way”. He wants to find out what these people are actually like simply because he doesn’t know any. As we adjust to living in post-christian America it is more and more common to meet people that have no personal exposure to christianity (except maybe for what TV says). And that means it’s even more important for christians everywhere to understand what we believe, why we believe it, and how to best represent who we believe in.
“Nothing but a breeding ground for Tranks, Lobos and Zipheads.”
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