It was more than a decade ago, but I still remember that moment vividly. It was one of the few times in my life where I found myself genuinely speechless. My husband and I had been visiting a church near…
Kristin Kobes Du MezApril 15, 2021
Sunday, March 28, 2021 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Every month Shane Claiborne invites an author to the Red Letter Christians Book Club for a discussion on their recently published book. Guests are asked to take the month to read the book.…
Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 28, 2021
Excerpts: Du Mez is a Christian herself, but this book is a secular work of history and analysis. It doesn’t say anything about what God wants, nor does it make any arguments about who is or isn’t a true Christian.…
Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 24, 2021
Earlier this month, Jemar Tisby shared his story of leaving white evangelical spaces with the hastag #LeaveLOUD on his Pass the Mic podcast, the first in a series of episodes where Black Christians go public with their exit stories. Tisby is not…
Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 18, 2021
Interview. Scott M. Coley. "Episode 11: Jesus and John Wayne." Faith, Philosophy & Politics: Conversations about Religion, Ethics and Social Systems. March 15, 2021. https://www.podomatic.com/embed/html5/episode/9982204
Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 15, 2021
Lecture. Luther Lee Lecture Series. John Wesley Honors College. Indiana Wesleyan University. March 15, 2021 https://www.indwes.edu/academics/jwhc/campus-events
Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 15, 2021
Excerpts: Q: Jesus and John Wayne specifically traces how white patriarchy and White Evangelicalism became intertwined. Both as an author and as a professor of history, in what ways have you found that White Evangelicals are unaware of their own history?…
Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 24, 2021
“Are you going rogue?” The question startled me. It had come from a professor at another Christian university, someone I hadn’t met before. This was in the months before Jesus and John Wayne published, but she was responding to some of my…
Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 18, 2021