Review of 'Jesus and John Wayne' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
When white Evangelical Christians voted for Trump in overwhelming numbers, many people saw hypocrisy. How could Evangelical Christians overwhelmingly vote for a president they would punish their children for emulating?
Kristian Kobes Du Mez (@kkdumez) both condemns the harms of the Christian Evangelical movement while providing context and understanding for how the movement changed over 75 years. Starting with the increasingly masculine nature of Evangelical services in the 1910s, to Christian nationalism embodied by a love for the violent, imperialist, patriarchal John Wayne, Evangelical Christianity has claimed a simple interpretation of the Bible to support patriarchal and nationalist authority. Kobes Du Mez outlines the almost fantastical elements of Evangelist MMA, the Quiverfull movement, and Dare to Discipline. White Evangelical Nationalist history is pretty awful and wild. Reading Jesus and John Wayne will help you understand the madness.
