Christianity and Reading

Of all the religions in the world, I wonder which one has had the most books written in relation to it? I'm very tempted to say Christianity takes the cake, because for YEARS, all sorts of books have been written about this or that part of Christianity. Whether it's Bible studies, Bible analysis, problems with Christians, problems with Hollywood being too sinful, Jesus hanging out in Utah with funny-colored glasses, etc. Let's not forget all the self-help stuff that's trickled out over the centuries and only recently exploded in the 1970s/'80s.

I think about all that literature about Christianity, and none of it appeals to me. I've read a few of these books and the last one I read was [i]Blue Like Jazz[/i]...which was a phenomenal book. But I'm wondering, what's the point? Don Miller's probably repeating something else someone else said, but that book's just not circulated as much or maybe it is, but Miller just kind of ran it through the gauntlet of his mind, reworking it so much he forgot where his ideas originated, and just wrote a book, thinking he'd stumbled onto something. How many Christian books--especially the multitudes of self-help books--are like that? How many of them are actually useful?

These days, I prefer classic literature or some good ol Hunter S Thompson to put some religion into me.