{"id":259,"date":"2009-03-26T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2009-03-26T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:40:26","slug":"book-on-secular-student-going-to-lu-releases-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Book on secular student going to LU releases today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?attachment_id=260\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/41yu6nby5pl_ss500_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"41yu6nby5pl_ss500_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/41yu6nby5pl_ss500_.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/41yu6nby5pl_ss500_.jpg\" alt=\"41yu6nby5pl_ss500_\" title=\"41yu6nby5pl_ss500_\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/41yu6nby5pl_ss500_.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/41yu6nby5pl_ss500_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/41yu6nby5pl_ss500_-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\nA new book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner&#8217;s Semester at America&#8217;s Holiest University, details the experience of Kevin Roose at Liberty University. Roose was an unlikely Liberty student because he was there on leave from Brown University to explore an institution with different values. As detailed in The Daily Beast, Liberty &#8212; known under its founder, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell &#8212; is taking a mellow response to the book. University officials have no plans to promote the book, nor to ban it. He actually was the last guy from the Champion to interview him. Here&#8217;s a promo of his vid:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/e-QXHjm997k&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner&#8217;s Semester at America&#8217;s Holiest University, details the experience of Kevin Roose at Liberty University. 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