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.…
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…
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
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?…
“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…
Lecture: "Confronting History Webinar." George L. Mosse Program in History. University of Wisconsin-Madison. February 5, 2021. Remote, Published March 9, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZVvd--7D0 Kristin Kobes Du Mez, "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation"…
Description: A year ago, the SNF Agora Institute met in Cincinnati to explore what diverse people of faith, civic leaders, and community organizations could learn from each other about the relationship of faith, race, and politics as we headed into…