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Event: Mosaic Church NYC. “Half the Church.” October 29-30, 2021

Event Registration at https://mosaicchurchnyc.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1014304 Details Join Churches from around NYC as Mosaic Church hosts a two day free event called "Half The Church" featuring author of "Jesus and John Wayne", Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez.Friday Night: 7-8:30PM Opening SessionFriday Night…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 10, 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

American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Featured

Braveheart’s Warped History Keeps Suckering Evangelicals

The Daily Beast. June 20, 2021. https://www.thedailybeast.com/bravehearts-warped-history-has-been-suckering-evangelicals-for-a-quarter-century Mel Gibson’s sadomasochistic fantasy is beloved by evangelical Christians (and William Wallace wannabes like Ted Cruz), who wallow in its exaltation of violent, macho religion.

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 20, 2021

Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: The Chris Voss Show Podcast, “Jesus and John Wayne (Paperback),” with Chris Voss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-M-XKWkgjE&t=192s Interview. Kristin Kobes Du Mez. "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith & Fractured a Nation - Paperback." The Chris Voss Show. Chris Voss. June 10, 2021. https://thechrisvossshow.com/the-chris-voss-show-podcast-kristin-kobes-du-mez-jesus-and-john-wayne-how-white-evangelicals-corrupted-a-faith-and-fractured-a-nation-paperback/

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 10, 2021

Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: All that to Say Podcast, “Kristin Kobes Du Mez: John Wayne, Gender, and Other Ideas That Shaped the White Evangelical Church,” with Jim Lyon

In this in-depth interview, history and gender studies scholar Kristin Kobes Du Mez unpacks research that traces the roots of Christian nationalism, patriarchy, and masculinity, and the degree to which they align with the Biblical teachings of Jesus. She also…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 7, 2021

Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: The Bible for Normal People, “Episode 170: A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity,’ with Pete Enns

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete and Jared talk with Kristin Kobes Du Mez about patterns of toxic masculinity in the white Evangelical church as they explore the following questions: What led Du Mez to be…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 6, 2021

American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Church History Featured

What We Believe About History

Excerpts: Beliefs have a history. As a historian of religion, I take this for granted. I’d forgotten how foreign this notion is to many evangelicals in the United States. Evangelicals are not alone in considering that their beliefs are eternal…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 27, 2021

Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: The Other Journal, with Justin R. Phillips and Zachary Thomas Settle

"John Wayne, Jesus Christ, and the Question of Evangelicalism: An Interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez." Issue 33: Reimagine Issue. The Other Journal: An Intersection of Theology & Culture. May 27, 2021. https://theotherjournal.com/2021/05/27/john-wayne-jesus-interview-kristin-kobes-du-mez Excerpts: TOJ: Following the Trump presidency and…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 27, 2021

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