Mormons, you gotta love 'em--from the gingham baskets full of scones they leave on your doorstep (along with the Book of Mormon and a hand-made card), to their odd beverage rules (hot chocolate, yes; coffee, no), members of this fast-growing religion can be found in every neighborhood, workplace, Dollar Store, Costco, and ... well, perhaps not in every tavern. This book provides an affectionate laugh at a religion that has its share of odd customs, beliefs and practices. From the training of missionaries to the rearing of its fine and moral young women, Mormonism can be taken oh-so seriously, or, how we prefer it: with a twist of humor.
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From Publishers Weekly
If a mature religion is one that can laugh at itself, then Mormonism is growing up. The ranks of the heretofore slim world of LDS satirists (dominated by cartoonists Pat Bagley and Calvin Grondahl and columnist Robert Kirby) have been swelled by the next generation: this compilation of ruthlessly funny articles is as irreverent as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is decorous. The book is edited by Bigelow, coauthor of Mormonism for Dummies and cofounder of the Sugar Beet (an LDS version of the satirical publication the Onion). Bigelow and his staff of Sugar Beet writers, whose identities are hidden behind ultra-Mormon pseudonyms, ferret out the delicious humor tucked away in Mormonism's quirkiest doctrines and cultural extremes in articles like "Gay polygamists make bid for legitimacy"; "Zions Bank offers financing for scrapbookers"; and "Elvis Presley accepts posthumous baptism." The humor grows mostly out of the rich soil of Wasatch Front culture, so some of it may go over the heads of converts to the faith, and many stalwart Mormons would declare the writing dangerously "light-minded." But a solid core of LDS (and LDS-raised) readers will find The Enquirer a tie-loosening, glue-gun melting pleasure—and an excellent Christmas gift for friends and family. (Nov. 6)
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The Enquirer offers a hilarious look at Utah's predominant demographic. -- The Daily Utah Chronicle, 10/18/06
The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer reports it, I believe it, and that settles it. -- Elder LeGrant McKay Smoot
"Any Mormon with the slightest sense of humor can look forward to getting this book as a stocking stuffer." -- In Utah, November 16, 2006
The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer is tremendously entertaining. Since some say laughter is the best medicine, this book is the prescription. -- Alex Black, Alexbooknook.com, October 4, 2006
The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer reports it, I believe it, and that settles it. -- Elder LeGrant McKay Smoot
"Any Mormon with the slightest sense of humor can look forward to getting this book as a stocking stuffer." -- In Utah, November 16, 2006
The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer is tremendously entertaining. Since some say laughter is the best medicine, this book is the prescription. -- Alex Black, Alexbooknook.com, October 4, 2006
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I'm the author of seven books on Mormonism, including Mormon-themed humor and fiction. I'm the great-great-great-grandson of a Mormon apostle who had more than forty wives. I served an LDS mission in Melbourne, Australia, and worked as an editor at the LDS Church's official Ensign magazine. A graduate of Emerson College and Brigham Young University, I cofounded and edited the Mormon literary magazine Irreantum and the satirical Mormon newspaper The Sugar Beet. A Hodgkin's disease survivor and the oldest of ten siblings, I live with my wife and five children in Provo, Utah.
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This hilarious send-up of tabloid journalism and Utah Mormon "culture" will have you laughing until you cry. However, one caveat for non-mo's: it's pretty much a gigantic series of inside jokes.
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Oh my heck! This is Mormon beach reading without equal. Especially Mormons who might not feel TOO guilty about reading on the beach on Sunday. It's a funny, satirical, insiders view of Mormonism and the culture it has created. Written in the newsy style of The Onion, the Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer takes a peek (and a gentle poke) at the quirks of missionaries, the Relief Society, youth programs and more, and anyone who has ever regularly spent at least 3 hours of every Sunday in a chapel in Utah will know EXACTLY what these people are talking about. You'll giggle, you'll laugh, but you'll also say to yourself, "Yup, by golly, that's us..."
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Best satire on LDS culture,
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One of our favorite books from the very witty LDS writers of
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