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January 24, 2007

From a Sleepy Town

Lynchburg is normally a sleepy town, except for the occasional tirade, slander, or plea for money by the local evangelical imam. And so I was quite surprised to find that another Lynchburg attraction, the tiny, all-girl's Sweet Briar College sported a Writer-in-Residence program. Moreover, the current writer-in-residence, J.C. Hallman, has written a new book: The Devil Is a Gentleman: Exploring America's Religious Fringe. While it is an interesting counterpoint to the previously-mentioned Lynchburg Imam, maybe this book will serve as a step towards fostering the Founding Fathers' notion of religious pluralism in this country?


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