A review by elizanne24
Jim and Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversation about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians by Jim Henderson

4.0

Hilarious! I loved this book and thought it was a good jumping off point for a bigger discussion. Definitely recommend.

That said, I don't think the churches that Jim and Caspar attended are representative of the entirety of American Protestant/Evangelical Church tradition. They went to mostly big, well known, non-denom churches. Sure, this is a trend in American church attendance, and a good way to introduce someone (especially a "serious" Atheist of a person under the age of 40 to church.)

But it's kind of like saying to someone "I'm going to introduce you to good American cooking" and proceed to invite them to the most famous American chain stores like McDonalds, Wendys, Panera, ... sure there's variety among those and lots of Americans eat at chains like that, but it doesn't reflect idiosyncrasies, or mom-and-pop chains.

Jim touches on why they chose the churches they did at the beginning, but I just wanted to reiterate what I think is really the only issue I had with the book.