A review by eoppelt
Project Conversion: One Man, 12 Faiths, One Year by Andrew Bowen

3.0

I admire Bowman's goal to become more compassionate. I would have liked it if the book was more about what he experienced with each religion. The long philosophical ponderings were no doubt useful and powerful to him, but I was hoping for more facts and events and less stream of consciouness. I don't feel like I learned much about any of the religions, what Bowman did to practice them or what the end result was. He was so in the moment that it felt like reading a draft of a journal rather than a finished book. I admire the concept and the goal; I just wish I knew more than the book told me.

I must say, that as someone who was raised Mormon, his description of his interactions with the Mormon missionaries left me laughing. It was spot on. Focusing on feelings over facts, pleading for conversion, using the same scriptures over and over and blaming the investigator when God doesn't respond how the missionaries promised God would is classic missionary behavior.