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I should not like this book, being raised a Baptist, but I enjoy debating the Bible with others. And, this satire of a hypocritical Baptist/Methodist preacher is a great debate of the many things that confuse people of the Bible. Elmer Gantry, with his showmanship, is someone you will love to hate. You just can't wait for him to get his comeuppance. He is really an unforgivable guy. #CenturyReads 1927

Tim Parrish reflects on his adolescence in a blue color community in Baton Rouge in the 1970's, when he struggled with mixed messages from his family and his church about attitudes toward integration and the civil rights movement. #fear, #racism, #hypocrisy