In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey Into the Heart of the Evangelical (Hardcover) by Gina Welch

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In the Land of Believers An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey Into the Heart of the Evangelical Church By Gina Welch Picador 333 pgs 978-0-8050-8337-8 Rating: 3.5 Gina Welch writes "...And you're never more like Christ than when you're forgiving the unforgivable." She also writes "...You can see a...

from riverrust

This interesting book by "secular Jew," Gina Welch, is a fun read for those who want to know more about a particular side of Evangelical faith. I think that Christians will be more likely to finish the book once they begin it because they will be familiar with the lifestyle portrayed and more int...

from Librtea

Author Gina Welch, a young secular Jew raised in Berkeley spent two years "undercover" at Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. She wanted to learn firsthand about Evangelicals, so she pretended to be a prospective church member. Her book, In the Land of Believers, re...

from GTWise

If I were to rate this book by its stated intention, I would have given it two stars. As an attempt to bridge the gap between the secular world and the Evangelical world, the book contributes precious little of substance. Instead I rated this book on its value as a means to draw someone into an e...

from nobooksnolife

One of my reading themes for several years has been the promulgation of Christianity in East Asia, but I always have difficulty understanding the mindset/motivations of evangelical missionaries. When I found this new work about evangelicals in America I thought it might help me out a bit and inde...