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The host highlighted the book as a genuinely fascinating study of white evangelicalism, focusing on its intertwining with masculinity and its evolution from the early 20th century through the Trump era. They noted how it traced the pattern of evangelical backlash against perceived enemies, from hippies to contemporary politics, and conveyed strong endorsement of the title as essential reading for understanding the movement.
Episode: For White Evangelicals, The Identity Is About More...
The host introduced the book as a genuinely fascinating work that examines the history of white evangelicalism through the lens of masculinity, tracing its development from the early 20th century to the Trump era.
This time we are talking to Kristen Kobus-Dum, author of Jesus and John Wayne, How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. It's a genuinely fascinating book.
One of those is the pendulum swing of backlash and then gaining power. You write about the 2008 election saying that militant evangelicalism was always at its strongest with the clear enemy to fight. The 60s and 70s, it seemed like the clear enemy then was longhaired hippies... in your book.
the book again is Jesus and John Wayne, How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.