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If You Want to Understand White Evangelicals, Tour a Hobby Lobby Store

The Daily Beast. Opinions. June 21, 2020. https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-you-want-to-understand-white-evangelicals-tour-a-hobby-lobby-store Screencapture of Daily Beast. Images/Kristin Kobes Du Mez Excerpt: Scenes of President Donald Trump proclaiming himself the “president of law and order,” urging the deployment of the military to “dominate the streets,” and then…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 21, 2020

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Articles & Essays

Jesus and John Wayne: the Backstory

In a little over a week, my new book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation will find its way into the world. When I started the project, I couldn’t have imagined the world it…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 11, 2020

Articles & Essays

Is Media Coverage Biased Against Evangelicals in the Midst of the Coronavirus?

How should we talk about white evangelicals during the coronavirus pandemic? On the one hand, there’s been no shortage of critical editorials highlighting the relatively small number of evangelical churches that have refused to comply with public health recommendations and…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 14, 2020

Articles & Essays

Some Evangelicals deny the Coronavirus Threat. It’s because they Love Tough Guys.

The Washington Post. "Some Evangelicals deny the Coronavirus Threat. It’s because they Love Tough Guys." Perspective. April 2, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/02/conservative-evangelicals-coronavirus-tough-guys/ Excerpts: To be a man was to take risks, to eschew political correctness, to be, according to author and chaplain John McDougall,…

Kristin Kobes Du MezApril 2, 2020

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Articles & Essays

Why We Can’t Have Nice Feminists

It’s been a rough couple of weeks to be a feminist. First, there was Elizabeth Warren’s heartbreaking exit from the race, leaving Democrats with two elderly white men standing. Then, there was the release of the Hulu documentary “Hillary.” This…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 22, 2020

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In the Media Talks & Lectures

Hope College: History Department Lecture

March 3, 2020 Martha Miller Center for Global Communication, Fried Hemenway Auditorium 135 257 Columbia Avenue, Holland, MI 49423-3692 "Purity And Patriarchy: Christianity And The Struggle For Women's Rights In America " The history of Christianity and women’s rights is…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 3, 2020

Articles & Essays

Sex, Outrage, and American Religion: Miss America’s God

This year’s Super Bowl halftime show sparked outrage among a contingent of American Christians. Although the halftime show is rarely considered a purveyor of American moral values, this year’s performance by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez provoked new levels of opposition.…

Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 20, 2020

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In the Media Talks & Lectures

Eckerd College: Burchenal Lecture Series

Women of Faith and the First Women’s Rights Movement: Lessons for Today Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall Eckerd College, St. Peteresburg, Florida Christian women were critical to the nineteenth-century women’s rights movement, and their support for women’s suffrage…

Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 19, 2020

Articles & Essays

Shepherd or Sheep? Religious Leadership in the Age of Trump

Published in Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, January 23, 2020. Summary: On any given Sunday, many evangelical pastors find themselves preaching to polarized congregations. There are many reasons a pastor might choose this path of least resistance.…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJanuary 24, 2020

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Articles & Essays

Simple Truth: Sex Abuse, the Amish, and the Evangelicals

Last week, journalist Sarah McClure published an investigative report in Cosmopolitan—yes, Cosmopolitan—on the prevalence of sexual abuse among the Amish. Based on a year-long investigation, the report contains disturbing details that are difficult to stomach; I’d call it shocking if we didn’t already have…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJanuary 23, 2020

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

If You Want to Understand White Evangelicals, Tour a Hobby Lobby Store

Jesus and John Wayne: the Backstory

Is Media Coverage Biased Against Evangelicals in the Midst of the Coronavirus?

Some Evangelicals deny the Coronavirus Threat. It’s because they Love Tough Guys.

Why We Can’t Have Nice Feminists

Hope College: History Department Lecture

Sex, Outrage, and American Religion: Miss America’s God

Eckerd College: Burchenal Lecture Series

Shepherd or Sheep? Religious Leadership in the Age of Trump

Simple Truth: Sex Abuse, the Amish, and the Evangelicals

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