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I was raised Southern Baptist, in rural Arkansas. Careful statements about correlation and sociological and anthropological secondary literature are often missing. It is eminently readable, but there have been scholarly virtues traded for popular appeal. Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping account of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, showing how American evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism. Jesus and John Wayne demonstrates that while fundamentalism may purport to be based on the inerrancy of the Bible, it is a protean belief system, one that can be twisted into whatever it needs to be. Jesus and John Wayne is a trade book, written for popular appeal and a broad readership.
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How did a libertine who lacks even the most basic knowledge of the Christian faith win 81 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2016? And why have white evangelicals become a presidential reprobate's staunchest supporters? These are among the questions acclaimed historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez asks in Jesus and John Wayne, which explains how white evangelicals have brought us to our fractured political moment. The widespread reception of Jesus and John Wayne by those of us who grew up (or are still part of) white evangelicalism has been a resounding agreement that the book puts its finger on exactly what felt off as we grew up, particularly surrounding issues of race, family values voting, and the strong connection to the U.S.