Barnabas Thumper Rivers is a gregarious party boy trying to break free of his strict religious upbringing. After being brutally beaten by a mentally unstable man, hes left with little memory of his past and a desperate desire to remember his forgotten life. However, his fathera nationally known TV evangelistis determined to prevent that from happening. Thumper is placed in the care of a doctor with an untried, radical treatment protocol designed to treat the amnesia, and in the process, change Thumpers sexual orientation from gay to straight.
The Mind Set on the Flesh is a story of deception in the name of religion.