Was Kristin Kobes Du Mez, in her bestselling Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangeclicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, going to make me unhappily relive the controversies of the last fifty years that rent not only my own denomination, but the whole country? Or, would she be able to effectively untangle the theological, political, and cultural mess that has made life in the church so complicated? I had high hopes, especially as I had just wasted fifteen precious minutes of my too busy day watching Jen Hatmaker unbox the Spring FabFitFun Box, that subscription cornucopia of wellness, beauty, and personal pampering products. I stopped and read the line aloud, those two names - Rachel Held Evans and Jen Hatmaker - leaping off the page. “When Rachel Held Evans and Jen Hatmaker ran afoul of conservative orthodoxies related to sexuality and gender.” (9). Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. Twitter | | you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave a review.Editor’s note: The following review will appear in the Spring 2021 edition of Eikon. And Jesus will be upheld as supreme.Ĭheck out Dr. Theology in the Raw Conference - Exiles in BabylonĪt the Theology in the Raw conference, we will be challenged to think like exiles about race, sexuality, gender, critical race theory, hell, transgender identities, climate change, creation care, American politics, and what it means to love your democratic or republican neighbor as yourself. In this episode, I talk to Kristin about her book and the responses it has elicited. Her most recent book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, has swatted a hornets nest and sparked all kinds of interesting and much needed conversations. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University.
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