The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer: Latter-Day News, Advice, and Opinion

by Paul Allen

Book Overview

Mormons, lapsed Mormons, in-laws of Mormons and neighbors of Mormons will enjoy these cutting-edge news reports, opinion pieces, and advice columns about this all-encompassing religion with its odd... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930074174
• ISBN13: 9781930074170
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Pince-Nez Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The best satire on LDS culture

This is one of our favorite books and a must read for LDS. The very witty writers from "The Sugar Beet" were inspired.

The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer

This hilarious send-up of tabloid journalism and Utah Mormon "culture" will have you laughing until you cry. However, one caveat for non-mo's: it's pretty much a gigantic series of inside jokes.

Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer

A silly and funny read for those who are Mormons and can laugh at themselves and the "what if's." Probably not a good buy for those who cannot laugh at themselves.

Like the Onion, but More Appropriate!

Oh my heck! This is Mormon beach reading without equal. Especially Mormons who might not feel TOO guilty about reading on the beach on Sunday. It's a funny, satirical, insiders view of Mormonism and the culture it has created. Written in the newsy style of The Onion, the Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer takes a peek (and a gentle poke) at the quirks of missionaries, the Relief Society, youth programs and more, and anyone who has ever regularly spent at least 3 hours of every Sunday in a chapel in Utah will know EXACTLY what these people are talking about. You'll giggle, you'll laugh, but you'll also say to yourself, "Yup, by golly, that's us..."