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American Evangelicalism Featured In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

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…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 7, 2022

American Evangelicalism Featured In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: PBS, Amanpour & Co, “Kristin Du Mez: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith,” with Michel Martin

The likely demise of Roe v. Wade has galvanized America’s evangelicals. Who exactly are they? And how do they influence politics? Kristin Du Mez is a professor at Calvin University and a historian of American Christianity. Her book "Jesus and…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 5, 2022

Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

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…

Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 27, 2021

American Evangelicalism Featured In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: NPR, Morning Edition, “Sen. Josh Hawley Claims Masculinity is Under Attack. This Historian Disagrees,” with Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to history professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez about her new Josh Hawley's claim that masculinity is under attack. For a complete transcript and to listen to the interview, visit Sen. Josh Hawley claims without evidence that…

Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 11, 2021

In the Media

Interview: Wood TV 8, “Under God, Divisible: Political Conflict Deepens Rifts Among Christians,” with Susan Samples

Under God, Divisible: Political conflict deepens rift among Christians (woodtv.com). Wood TV 8. Grand Rapids, Michigan. November 10, 2021.

Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 10, 2021

In the Media

The Atlantic, “The Evangelical Church is Breaking Apart,” by Peter Wehner

Excerpts: . . . As a person of the Christian faith who has spent most of my adult life attending evangelical churches, I wanted to understand the splintering of churches, communities, and relationships. I reached out to dozens of pastors, theologians,…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 24, 2021

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In the Media

Award Recipient: National Council of Teachers of English, George Orwell Award (2021)

George Orwell Award 2021 Recipient: Kristin Kobes Du Mez Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Liveright, 2021) Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book Jesus and John Wayne unveils a rich and fascinating account of White, evangelical…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 21, 2021

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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…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 9, 2021

American Evangelicalism Featured In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

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 MezOctober 2, 2021

Featured In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

Washington Post, “How a book about evangelicals, Trump and militant masculinity became a surprise bestseller,” by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Excerpts: When historian Kristin Du Mez’s latest book, “Jesus and John Wayne,” came out in the summer of 2020, it received little attention from mainstream gatekeepers and reviewers. But the book, which explores evangelical fondness for former president Donald Trump…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 16, 2021

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