Jesus and John Wayne : how white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation

Author

• Mez, Kristin Kobes Du

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020

Language

English

ISBN

9781631499050

Series

Subject(s)

• CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE
• EVANGELISM
• TRUMP, DONALD, 1946-

Notes

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Abstract

In Jesus and John Wayne, a seventy-five-year history of American evangelicalism, Kristin Kobes Du Mez demolishes the myth that white evangelicals "held their noses" in voting for Donald Trump. Revealing the role of popular culture in evangelicalism, Du Mez shows how evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism in the mould of Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson and above all, John Wayne. As Du Mez observes, the beliefs at the heart of white evangelicalism today preceded Trump and will outlast him.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xix, 358 p.

Dimension

21 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction --
Saddling up --
John Wayne will save your ass --
God's gift to man --
Discipline and command --
Slaves and soldiers --
Going for the jugular --
The greatest American hero --
War for the soul --
Tender warriors --
No more Christian nice guy --
Holy balls --
Pilgrim's progress in camo --
Why we want to kill you --
Spiritual badasses --
A new high priest --
Evangelical Mulligans: a history --
Conclusion

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01097/21	277.3083 Mez J	Library - 7th Floor/CLC	Available