She stresses the fusion of show business and bible-crusading that took hold in the 1940's.
The book's approach is increasingly valid as church attendance and familiarity with the tenets of the faith, theology & Biblical text are cratering, but the culture of consumption of "Christian" media products (radio, TV, books, music, the "gift" industry) is immersive. Only the evang's claim to define themselves according the their beliefs but in the US this is actually a cultural (& political) movement more than a theological one. phenomenon as a culture, or sub-culture, emerging in the late 20th C., not primarily as a theology. phenomenon as a culture, or sub-culture, emerging in the late 20th C., …more To answer your question:Īuthor looks at the specifically *contemporary* evang. Michael Brown To answer your question: Author looks at the specifically *contemporary* evang. A much-needed reexamination, Jesus and John Wayne explains why evangelicals have rallied behind the least-Christian president in American history and how they have transformed their faith in the process, with enduring consequences for all of us.more 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.
Evangelical popular 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.
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. 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 broug 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.