Synopses & Reviews
How big is a talent? What are the Ten Commandments for the Road (as defined by the Christian Road Safety Association)? Who is the patron saint of the ugly? What is
The Adulterers’ Bible?The answers to these questions and dozens of others, both amusing and serious, can be found in SUMMON'S CHRISTIAN MISCELLANY. Parminder Summon, a practicing Christian and an avid collector of trivia and curiosities, takes a lighthearted journey through Christian history and culture and discloses the funny, obscure, and sometimes bizarre things they never teach in Sunday school, including:
·Unusual patron saints, including the guardians of serial killers, the ugly, and those accused of cannibalism
·A history of Christian snake handlers
·Strange versions of the Bible
·Minibiographies of Christian Nobel Prize winners
·Lists of Biblical weights and measures
·Translations of the Lord’s Prayer into sixteen different languages
·The Catholic prayer of exorcism
·Quotations from Woody Allen and other unlikely commentators
·Summon’s own hilarious fifty-word summary of the Bible
·Suggested theme songs for Biblical figures, featuring such apt tunes as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” for Daniel, and “I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues” for Job
Like the bestselling Schott's Original Miscellany, SUMMON'S CHRISTIAN MISCELLANY is at once an addictive diversion and a fascinating compilation of intriguing, little-known facts.
Synopsis
How big is a talent? What is the Adulterer’s Bible? What are the classes of angels? Who is the patron saint of the ugly?
The answers to these questions and dozens of others, both amusing and serious, can be found in Summon’s Christian Miscellany. Parminder Summon, a practicing Christian and an avid collector of trivia and curiosities, takes a lighthearted journey through Christian history and culture and discloses the funny, obscure, and sometimes bizarre things they never teach in Sunday school, including:
• Unusual patron saints, including guardians of serial killers and those accused of cannibalism
• The origin of Christian snake handlers
• The vision of the Christian Surfers of Australia
• Mini-biographies of Christian Nobel Prize winners
• A list of biblical weights and measurements and their modern-day conversions
• The Catholic prayer of exorcism
• The Lord’s Prayer in sixteen different languages
• The origins of popular Christmas carols
• The mission statement of the Christian Vegetarian Association
• Quotations from Woody Allen and other unlikely commentators on Christianity
• Summon’s own hilarious fifty-word summary of the Bible
Summon’s Christian Miscellany, this collection of “things you didn’t know you didn’t know,” is at once an addictive diversion and a fascinating compilation of intriguing, little-known facts.
About the Author
Parminder Summon was born in India and has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life. He works for Cancer Research U.K. and is an area leader with the Nene Family Church in Peterborough, England. He also assists the Gideons International. Parminder has worked as a government policy adviser on economic development and has written articles on the economic impact of small- and medium-sized enterprises. He is married with two children.