Jesus and John Wayne (WB)
SKU:
WB001833
ISBN: 9798822692060
Grade Level: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Genre: Autobiography / Biography / Memoir
--
--
- $78.99
- $78.99
- Unit price
- per
Warning: Choking Hazard
Small parts. Not for children under 3 years..
Title: Jesus and John Wayne- How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation--(WB)
Author: Kristin Kobes du Mez
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9798822692060
SKU: WB001833
Release Date: 45627
Genre: Biography -Culture & Diversity
Grade Level: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Language : English
Description : Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked 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.” As acclaimed scholar Kristin Du Mez explains, the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in contemporary American evangelicalism. Many of today’s evangelicals might not be theologically astute, but they know their VeggieTales, they’ve read John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart, and they learned about purity before they learned about sex—and they have a silver ring to prove it. Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. And evangelical culture is teeming with muscular heroes—mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of “Christian America.” Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne, an icon of a lost time when men were uncowed by political correctness, unafraid to tell it like it was, and did what needed to be done. Challenging the commonly held assump(more...)
Author: Kristin Kobes du Mez
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9798822692060
SKU: WB001833
Release Date: 45627
Genre: Biography -Culture & Diversity
Grade Level: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Language : English
Description : Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked 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.” As acclaimed scholar Kristin Du Mez explains, the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in contemporary American evangelicalism. Many of today’s evangelicals might not be theologically astute, but they know their VeggieTales, they’ve read John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart, and they learned about purity before they learned about sex—and they have a silver ring to prove it. Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. And evangelical culture is teeming with muscular heroes—mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of “Christian America.” Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne, an icon of a lost time when men were uncowed by political correctness, unafraid to tell it like it was, and did what needed to be done. Challenging the commonly held assump(more...)
| Products that are shipped | Your order will be shipped within 3-7 business days, once approved. You will receive an email notification once the order has been shipped. If you have any questions, please reach out to us via our contact us form. |
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.