A Field Guide to Evangelicals and Their Habitat

by Joel Kilpatrick

They're Going to Heaven . . . and They Know It At last, a complete, unsparing guide to evangelical Christians. This hilarious and highly useful manual, written by an insider, illuminates this rapidly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060836962
• ISBN13: 9780060836962
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.4" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Pop-Culture Romp with Super-Sizing Lens of Evangelicalism

Kilpatrick has an amazing wit. "Jesus is coming back - probably tomorrow." The Rapture as ultimate "I Told You So." The author both celebrates and pokes fun at pop culture. From Sponge-Bob-Square-Pants to Marilyn Manson (who even the devil himself seems to fear), Kilpatrick presents life in all its beautiful, unseemly, squirmy glory, through the super-sizing lens of Evangelicalism. In "Field Guide," Evangelicalism appears less a religious stance and rather more a collection of forgivable, if pesky, cultural-biases. If Evangelical speculations that Pat and Debbie Boon will be playing in heaven, AC/DC in hell, leave you entertaining sympathy for the devil, you're perhaps getting the author's key message: An overemphasis on worldly "trappings" (Christian-paraphernalia, right-wing political-party affiliation) that attend a supposed commitment to following Jesus, misses the point. The religious life is far simpler, yet endlessly more challenging: treat the guy standing next to you in line at the supermarket the way you'd like to be treated.

Great Satire of Evangelical Christianity.

This has got to be one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. Joel Kilpatrick explains evangelical beliefs and lifestyles in a way that is just plain hilarious. His book is one of those things that's funny because it's true. He writes with just enough humor, sarcasm, and in some cases, irreverence, to make it a good parody as well as a veiled critique of some parts of evangelical attitudes. As a former evangelical (still Christian though), I can state that at least 99% of what he writes is true! From the mega-churches to Wal-Mart to the evangelical dad tipping 5% at a restaurant. No part of the evangelical lifestyle is left untouched or unparodied.

Christian Saturday Night Live

If Saturday Night Live was organized by a bunch of Christians, this is what is would be like. Kilpatrick brings raw satire to a Christian format that makes for some great laughs and insights into Evangelical behaivor. If you're a Christian with a good sense of humer, this book is for you.

a perfect satire

Having grown up in the church and attended a Christian college, it's scary how right on Kilpatrick is in his field guide. I laughed out loud several times in recognition, and shook my head in embarassment as I noted truths about myself and friends of mine. This is a must-read if you are an evangelical with a sense of humor.

hahaha

Larknews is the best thing to come from Christianity since ...well, salvation. This book sprinkles some of the best news articles from Larknews in with a wonderfully hilarious introduction to Evangelical Christianity for those hell-bound sinners that dont have giant Thomas Kincaid paintings adorning walls in every room of their house. I may not be an evangelical myself any longer [having moved on to one of those liturgical 'religious' churches] but I spent enough sundays sitting in the padded pews of a smiley happy mega church to know that this book is spot on. If you have a good sense of humor this is definitely a book for you.