The Evangelical Right Quiz, and "The sinner's guide to the Evangelical Right"

[The Straight Story]

Last week we launched a new website to coincide with our upcoming book, The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right (Penguin/NAL). The book is slotted to hit the shelves September 5. Just in time for the Rapture! Here's the publisher's description:

"From Bibles designed to look like glossy fashion magazines to mega-churches with ATMs, rock climbing walls, and in one case, a drive-thru McDonalds, the nuances of conservative evangelical culture are no mystery to Robert Lanham, who has his roots in the Bible Belt. Now, with his anthropological eye and trademark wit, Lanham has compiled a handy guide to the evangelical right for those who can expect to be left behind in the End of Days."

During the course of our study, we became temporary residents of Colorado Springs (the so-called evangelical Vatican), joined an End Times Studies small group, attended a Christian extreme sports event hosted by Stephen Baldwin, met some evangelical mimes, and hung out with Ted Haggard—a megachurch pastor who speaks with George Bush every Monday morning when he's not busy speaking in tongues in his "prayer closet." You can read the book's introduction here.

We're excited as well about the website, EvangelicalRight.com, which will be like a Drudge Report or a Huffington Post, only detailing the exploits of the Rapture Right.

http://www.evangelicalright.com/

Stop by when you can, and don't forget to take our Evangelical Right Quiz:

http://www.evangelicalright.com/quiz.html

(Sample Questions, full Quiz at link)

— True or False: George W. Bush declared June 10 to be "Jesus Day" when he was Governor of Texas.
a) True
b) False

— Plugged In, Focus on the Family's movie magazine criticized all but one of the following movies of promoting something they refer to as "outercourse." Choose the supposedly outercourse-free film:
a) Kinsey
b) 40 Days and 40 Nights
c) The 40-Year-Old Virgin
d) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Cool!

:)