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Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Review: Cambridge Core,” A Double Whammy for the History of Evangelical Protestantism,” by David A. Hollinger modern American history journal cover hand on engraved wordsReviews: Jesus and John Wayne

Review: Cambridge Core,” A Double Whammy for the History of Evangelical Protestantism,” by David A. Hollinger

Extract: Most histories fail to convincingly explain why 81 percent of American white evangelical voters supported Trump in the 2016 election. Many scholars, like political pundits, hold an idealized vision of the evangelical past, which leads them to assume that…
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
April 29, 2020
Some Evangelicals deny the Coronavirus Threat. It’s because they Love Tough Guys. image of logo of the washington postAmerican EvangelicalismArticles & EssaysChurch History

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 Mez
April 2, 2020
Simple Truth: Sex Abuse, the Amish, and the Evangelicals image of people gathered in a field dressed in clothes associated with Amish communitiesArticles & EssaysChristian ThoughtPurity Culture

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 Mez
January 23, 2020