Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. In Jesus and John Wayne, a seventy-five-year history of American evangelicalism, Kristin Kobes Du Mez demolishes the myth that white evangelicals held.

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It is eminently readable, but there have been scholarly virtues traded for popular appeal. And he became the darling of many Americans, along with (white) evangelicals, even though he was not an evangelical himself, and some aspects of his life ran counter to basic. Jesus and John Wayne is a trade book, written for popular appeal and a broad readership. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. The iconic Wayne (1907-1979) starred in numerous westerns and war filmsa tall, lean and tough, hard drinking, hard riding, thrice-married, no-nonsense mans man. A history professor at Calvin University, Du Mez didnвЂ™t know what to think as Trump boasted of his poll. from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. In January 2016, Kristin Kobes Du Mez watched online as Donald Trump gave a speech about why he should be elected president of the U.S., especially given his connection to and affinity with evangelical Christianity. SheВ is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. Here in the ninth episode of Madang, I talk with historican Kristin Du Mez. Here, we invite you to sit and tune into unreserved, remarkable conversations with renowned authors, leaders, public figures, and scholars on religion, culture, and everything in between. Jesus and John Wayne: the backstory JKristin Du Mez Patheos Explore the worlds faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality Patheos has the views of the. Madang is the outdoor living room of the world. Conversations on Jesus and John Wayne, How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.Kristin Kobes Du Mez is Professor of History and Gende.

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