Personally, and for all of us who lived through this history, the book surfaces deep continuities between different people, events. Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a professor of history at Calvin University and the author of A New Gospel for Women. Politically, Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s new book, Jesus and John Wayne, offers an extremely importantand underratedinsight into why white evangelicals have fallen so deeply in love with Donald Trump. United States - Church history - 21st century. These are among the questions acclaimed historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez asks in Jesus and John Wayne, which delves beyond facile headlines to explain how white evangelicals have brought us to our fractured political moment.A revelatory account of a uniquely influential subculture, Jesus and John Wayne incisively reveals why evangelicals have rallied behind patriarchal power and the least- Christian president in American history"- Read more. As historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez demonstrates, American evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism-or, in the words of one modern chaplain, with "a spiritual badass." Trump is hardly the first flashy celebrity to capture evangelicals' hearts and minds, having followed the path blazed by, among others, John Wayne, Oliver North, and Mel Gibson. Jesus and John Wayne: the backstory JKristin Du Mez Patheos Explore the worlds faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality Patheos has the views of the. 45:50 Katie joins us for something lighthearted 53:45 Some encouragement for The Great Sex Rescue.
40:15 Rebecca and I tackle a reader question about finding a mentor. While we assume the religious right has pragmatic reasons for backing Trump, in truth he represents the fulfillment of evangelicals' most deeply held values. Timeline of the Podcast: 0:45 Kristin Kobes Du Mez joins us to talk Jesus and John Wayne. First, Kristin Kobes Du Mez seems to be making an argument that complementarianism, in any form, is always patriarchy. Things I think Jesus and John Wayne got wrong. As a historian, Du Mez charts the rise of militant white masculinity (p. It was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and received social media recommendations from Beth Moore, Jemar Tisby, Karen Swallow Prior, and Duke Kwon. Jesus put the needs of others first and revealed his strength by dying for them on the cross. Kristin Du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne has struck a chord with both Christians and non-Christians. Yet in 2016 he won 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, and continues to rely on white evangelicals as his base of support. Yet the strength of Jesus turned the world’s standards upside down. "A scholar of American Christianity answers perhaps the most bewildering question of our time: Why are evangelicals "the Donald's" most fervent supporters? Donald Trump is a libertine who lacks even basic knowledge of the Christian faith.