By carefully connecting the dots across a century of shifting evangelical values, Kristin Kobes Du Mez provides a measured rationale for the subtitle: “How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.” She further makes a compelling case that white Christian evangelicals fell into lockstep behind former president Donald Trump because he embodies “the culmination of evangelicals’ embrace of militant masculinity, an ideology that enshrines patriarchal authority and condones the callous display of power, at home and abroad.”ĭu Mez’ familiarity with evangelical faith and practice affords an insider’s perspective on the rise of the Christian right. “Jesus and John Wayne” presents a serious critique of white American evangelical culture.
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