The Postmodern Pilgrims Progress, Joel Berry
The Postmodern Pilgrims Progress, Joel Berry
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The Postmodern Pilgrim's Progress
An Allegorical Tale

Author: Joel Berry, Kyle Mann

Narrator: Michael Axtell

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2022


Synopsis

From the editor-in-chief and managing editor of the Babylon Bee! A millenial seeker travels through a twenty-first century take on The Pilgrims’s Progress with allegorical versions of all our modern vices tempting him along the way—as well as a few timeless personified virtues that just might see him through. Biting satire and uncommon wisdom from the creators of the internet’s most influential comedy site, and an author of national bestseller The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness!Ryan Fleming is a young agnostic reeling from his brother’s death. Though he is deeply angry with God, he makes good on a promise he made to his brother in the final moments of his life: to visit a church at least once. But shortly after his arrival, the slick megachurch’s shoddily installed video projector falls on his head—sending Ryan through a wormhole into another world.After a narrow escape from the City of Destruction, where the comfortably numb townspeople are oblivious to the fire and brimstone falling like bombs in their midst and destroying their homes, Ryan finds himself on a quest: To make it back to his own universe, he must partner with a woman named Faith to awaken a long-sleeping King—the World-Maker who can make all things new.Replete with characters ripped straight from the twenty-first century American church—including Radical, Mr. Satan, the Smiling Preacher, and others—this sometimes-humorous, always-insightful trek parallels Christian’s fictional journey in Pilgrim’s Progress. Prepare to laugh, cry, cringe, feel convicted, and ultimately be changed by the time the story ends.The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress is brought to you by Kyle Mann and Joel Berry, the two comedic minds behind The Babylon Bee—which, with 250,000 newsletter subscribers and more than fifteen million page views per month, is the most popular satirical news site on the planet.

About Joel Berry

JOEL BERRY is managing editor of the Babylon Bee, coauthor of The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness, a columnist, a former worship leader, and a public speaker. He lives with his wife and five crazy kids in northwest Ohio.Mann and Berry are the two comedic minds behind the Babylon Bee—which, with 500,000 newsletter subscribers and more than fifteen million page views per month, is the most popular satirical news site on the planet.

About Kyle Mann

Kyle Mann is the editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee, the author of How to Be a Perfect Christian and The Sacred Texts of the Babylon Bee, the host of the Babylon Bee podcast, a former small-church pastor, and a public speaker. He lives in southern California with his wife and three boys.


Reviews

After reading some of the previous comments I have come to the reality that I read for a completely different reason than these commenters. I have very little spare time so when I signed up to early read this book it was because it interested me. The world needs satire. The Postmodern pilgrim’s Prog......more

Goodreads review by David

Between 1672 - 1677, John Bunyan penned a book in the confines of a jail cell. Pilgrim’s Progress saw the light of day in 1678 and has since been translated into at least 200 languages and is arguably the best-selling book of all time (behind the Bible of course). Bunyan’s allegory is a theological......more

What a fun book! I have read the original Pilgrim’s Progress several times. It is after all the second most read book ever after the Bible. I always wondered what it would have been like to read Pilgrim’s Progress when it first came out, and this would be close to what it must have been like. The au......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

Being familiar with Kyle and Joel's output in The Babylon Bee, I came in with low expectations and honestly, this book failed to dissappoint. I'm not sure how to classify this book - it riffs on the essential storyline of John Bunyan's classic tale, but is it a parody? An homage? Whatever it is, it......more