Jesus and John Wayne
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez · first published 2020
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Outstanding perspective on current problems in the USA political scene. Why are Christians not behaving like Christians? A lot of insight is provided here
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See also perhaps Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez: > The book examines white evangelical affinity for Donald Trump. Du Mez explains that white evangelical support…
on “FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance” ↗…for this transition and was once deeply embedded in American fundamentalist culture, I can tell you it's no invention. There are countless books on the subject if you want to understand the history. "Jesus and John Wayne" is a recent release on the evangelical move to the right, and the evolution of "Republican Jesus". It's a good introduction if you're not familiar with the background. Written by someone who was once…
I just got done reading Jesus and John Wayne. A century or more of hammering it into boys and men that we're inadequate if we're not virulent warrior providers had to have predictable consequences, didn't it?
on “Why Men Are Hard to Help” ↗