Book Review Jesus And John Wayne

Jesus and john wayne.

Book review jesus and john wayne. An alumna of dordt college and raised in sioux county du mez watched with fascinated horror on january 23 2016 as presidential candidate donald j. By chrissy stroop globe correspondent updated june 17 2020 5 33 p m. Jesus and john wayne isn t a book about what more authentic expressions of christianity might look like.

As a recent college graduate in 1983 i sat spellbound with thousands in my southern city civic center mesmerized by a mousy man projected on a big. K ristin kobes du mez s jesus and john wayne. In an interview with religion politics the author discusses how she came to its writing.

How white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation by kristin kobes du mez usually i will stay away from books on religion. It s a book about what american evangelicalism has become in the age of trump and how it got that way. This is a highly disturbing and informative book.

Jesus and john wayne is a sweeping account of the last seventy five years of white evangelicalism showing how american evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the jesus of the gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and christian nationalism or in the words of one modern chaplain with a spiritual badass as du mez explains the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the role of culture in modern american evangelicalism. Book review jesus and john wayne untangles gender messages in white evangelical circles. Liveright 28 95 336p isbn 978 1 63149 573 1.

Jesus and john wayne is a sweeping account of the last seventy five years of white evangelicalism showing how american evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the jesus of the gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and christian nationalism or in the words of one modern chaplain with a spiritual badass. What would white. Heroes out of particularly masculine religious leaders such as graham as well as outspoken personalities like actor john wayne.

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