Jesus and John Wayne

€19.90


Shipping in 4/5 days

Product Information

ISBN9781631499050
AuthorsKristin (Calvin University) Kobes Du Mez
Publisher
FormatPaperback
Number of pages384
Weight (kg)0.310
Publishing Date08/06/2021
Price (excl. tax)€18.77
Tax€1.13
Price (incl. tax)€19.90
Availability16 units in external warehouse

Product Description

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.