Unlikely Disciple ~ Turner Model

I was very surprised at this book in a good way but still very surprised. I could not believe that Kevin was so fascinated with this college that he would abandon everything he knew and was to understand it more. I related with him in the fact of crossing a limin and having a new communitas because of how far away from home I traveled for school. I am still in aw of how far he went to understand this new “world” and to gain knowledge on it’s function. He best performed the pilgrimage that follows the Turner model. He crossed the limin when came to Trinity, and the collapse of the anti-structure is apparent as he went from his world of partying and friends and family to this very religious strict college. He gained a new communitas with the friends that he made in his dorm. His metaphorical death is when he actually let the experience have an impact on him which inevitably changed who he was. Finally he returned home after his pilgrimage was done but a whole different person