Required reading."- Kathryn Lofton, Yale University, author of Consuming Religion"Interesting. A very readable page-turner."- Scot McKnight, Christianity Today"This deeply perceptive book establishes Kristin Kobes Du Mez as the Christian critic of this crisis moment. I hope it will be widely read."- Crissy Stroop, Boston Globe"Paradigm-influencing. Since understanding this will be crucial if Americans are to have a functional democratic future, Jesus and John Wayne is a book that America needs now. The pervasive abusive patterns of white evangelical subculture replicate themselves on a large social scale in the Christian Right's politics. It is impossible to do justice to the richness of Jesus and John Wayne in a short review, but one of the key points the book stresses is that as Christian nationalists, the vast majority of white evangelicals believe that our country's flourishing depends on aggressive male leadership. Across chapters ranging from 'John Wayne Will Save Your Ass' to 'Holy Balls,' Du Mez peppers her text with entertaining (and sometimes horrifying) examples."- Matthew Avery Sutton, The New Republic"Du Mez leads us with apparent ease, as only a seasoned historian can. I don't swallow books whole but the evidence for much of what she's written is staring us in the face., ""Brilliant and engaging. Required reading., astonishing gifting was in the way she took 1000 puzzle pieces and fit them together. An extraordinary work.", A much needed and painstakingly accurate chronicle of exactly 'where many evangelicals are,' and the long road that got them there., This deeply perceptive book establishes Kristin Kobes Du Mez as the Christian critic of this crisis moment. Those who legitimately ask "How can evangelicals support Donald Trump?" need to read this book to understand why. Sure to be controversial, the author's closely reasoned argument is thoughtful and provoking., "I endorse Kristin Du Mez's lively and readable account of evangelical political history, having personally seen it from the inside during nearly three decades with the National Association of Evangelicals. A stunning exploration of the relationship between modern evangelicalism, militarism, and American masculinity., Fascinating. With brilliant analysis and detailed scholarship, Kristin Kobes Du Mez shows how conservative evangelical leaders have promoted the authoritarian, patriarchal values that have achieved their finest representative in Trump.
An extraordinary work., Jesus and John Wayne demolishes the myth that Christian nationalists simply held their noses to form a pragmatic alliance with Donald Trump.
Those who legitimately ask 'How can evangelicals support Donald Trump?' need to read this book to understand why. This lucid, potent history adds a much needed religious dimension to understanding the current American right and the rise of Trump., I endorse Kristin Du Mez's lively and readable account of evangelical political history, having personally seen it from the inside during nearly three decades with the National Association of Evangelicals. Persuasively arguing that the evangelical dismissal of Trump's flaws is the culmination of believing that 'God-given testosterone came with certain side effects,' Du Mez closes with a bruising chapter on recent evangelical leaders' abuses and sex scandals.
A stunning exploration of the relationship between modern evangelicalism, militarism, and American masculinity.", engaging history of the shifting ideal of Christian masculinity. I hear people say all the time that Trump's election was a tragedy for evangelicals, but after reading book, I wonder if it isn't their greatest victory., Jesus and John Wayne demolishes the myth that Christian nationalists simply held their noses to form a pragmatic alliance with Donald Trump.
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