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Interview: The NPR Politics Podcast, “For White Evangelicals, The Identity is About More Than Religious Faith,” with Danielle Kurtzleben

In the latest installment of the Politics Podcast book club, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Calvin University historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez about Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. For the complete episode…
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
October 2, 2021

Articles & Essays

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Articles & Essays

Because a Twitter thread this long would be annoying

Note: I'd originally planned this as a Twitter thread, but because of its length, I thought I'd try my hand at Twitter's newsletter function. Total fail. So I'll just put it up here, for now. (Paragraphs are constrained by character…
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American Evangelicalism
Braveheart’s Warped History Keeps Suckering Evangelicals
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What We Believe About History
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Articles & Essays
The Cost of Staying Silent

Book Chapters & Journals

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American Evangelicalism

Book Chapter. “Donald Trump and Militant Evangelical Masculinity,” Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, and Could Be

Cite: Kristin Kobes Du Mez. "Donald Trump and Militant Evangelical Masculinity." Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, and Could Be: Noll, Mark A., Bebbington, David W., Marsden, George M.: 9780802876959 https://www.amazon.com/Evangelicals-They-Have-Been-Could/dp/0802876951
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Book Chapters & Journals
Women Saw #MeToo Coming 100 Years Ago. When Will We Listen?
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American Evangelicalism
Understanding White Evangelical Views on Immigration: Harvard Divinity Bulletin
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American Evangelicalism
My Brother’s Keeper: George McGovern and Progressive Christianity. By Mark A. Lempke

Interviews & Podcasts

American Evangelicalism

Interview: NPR, Consider This, “The Road to Overturning Roe v. Wade,” with Michel Martin

Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggested that after nearly 50 years, the court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Almost as soon as abortions became legal, opponents…
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American Evangelicalism
Interview: PBS, Amanpour & Co, “Kristin Du Mez: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith,” with Michel Martin
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American Evangelicalism
Interview: NPR, Morning Edition, “Sen. Josh Hawley Claims Masculinity is Under Attack. This Historian Disagrees,” with Steve Inskeep
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Interview: The NPR Politics Podcast, “For White Evangelicals, The Identity is About More Than Religious Faith,” with Danielle Kurtzleben

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

This Ridiculous “Spiritual Biography” of Trump is No Joke

In David Brody and Scott Lamb’s book, grace for the president abounds. David Brody and Scott Lamb know they have their work cut out for them. “Donald Trump” and “spiritual life” don’t generally appear in the same sentence, after all.…
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Biblical Porn: Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire – an interview with author Jessica Johnson
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History and the Human Condition: Reflections on Kate Bowler’s Everything Happens for a Reason
American Evangelicalism
Fear, Power, Nostalgia, and the 81 Percent

Talks & Lectures

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Talks & Lectures

University of Notre Dame, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, “Seminar in American Religion,” October 9, 2021

At the fall 2021 Seminar in American Religion, Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Calvin University) will discuss her book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Liveright, 2020).  Commentators for this seminar are Emily Remus (University of Notre Dame) and Matthew Avery…
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Christian Feminists
Belmont University: Webinar, “From the Margins: The Origins of Christian Feminism”
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Indiana Wesleyan University: John Wesley Honors College, Luther Lee Lecture Series
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Talks & Lectures
University of Wisconsin-Madison: George L. Mosse Program in History, “Confronting History Webinar”

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Reviews of Jesus and John Wayne