![]() Careful statements about correlation and sociological and anthropological secondary literature are often missing. This is a highly disturbingand informativebook. It is eminently readable, but there have been scholarly virtues traded for popular appeal. Listen to this article Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020, 356 pages WN: This is one of the few times I also posted a book review to this Blog. Schmoll This book contains some legitimate critiques of American evangelicalism, but it suffers from a foundational problem of definition that undermines its overly broad argument. The book covers the history of American evangelicalism and discusses evangelical views on masculinity. Book Review: Jesus and John Wayne Zachary D. “Those lamenting evangelicals’ apparent betrayal of ‘family values’ fail to recognize that evangelical family values have always entailed assumptions about sex and power.” (277) For those interested in exposing and dismantling those assumptions, or even those who simply want to understand how they gained prominence in the white evangelical landscape, Jesus and John Wayne is an absolute must-read, a stunning work, and one that deserves serious attention and further conversation. Jesus and John Wayne is a trade book, written for popular appeal and a broad readership. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation is a book written by Kristin Kobes Du Mez and published by Liveright Publishing Corporation a division of W. Du Mez argues convincingly that Americas Christian Right has long compromised its values and integrity in seeking to achieve and consolidate power. Though theoretically evangelicalism is a set of specific theological propositions, in reality it is less a religious belief system and more accurately defined as a culture. After reading Du Mez’s account of the previous century, the connections become abundantly clear. As Kristin Kobes Du Mez explains in her book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Liveright, 2020), the results of the 2016 election were readily predictable. Jesus and John Wayne is the history of evangelicalism, tracing the movement from its roots in the early twentieth century to its modern-day iteration. ![]() ![]() ![]() In an absolutely devastating closing chapter (titled “Evangelical Mulligans”) Du Mez traces many accounts of the all-too-frequent public failings of prominent evangelical leaders, and the knee-jerk efforts of those in similar positions of power to defend them while invalidating the abused. *** Our 2020 Book of the Year!!! Jesus and John Wayne:īuy Now: ![]()
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