Events:
“Jesus and John Wayne: An Afternoon with Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez.” Iwassa Lecture on Urban Theology. Interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez, with Professor Carolyn Muessig, Chair of Christian Thought, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary. University of Calgary. Faith and Spiritually Center. October 24, 2020, Online. https://events.ucalgary.ca/faith-spirituality/
The Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology by
Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Calvin University
Join author and historian, Dr. Du Mez, as she delivers the Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology and discusses her new book Jesus and John Wayne, which explores the history of white evangelical popular culture, gender and politics. With Professor Carolyn Muessig, Chair of Christian Thought, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary.
“Who Is Evangelical? Defining American Evangelicalism and What’s at Stake.” Lecture. The Department of Classics and Religion. University of Calgary. October 23, 2020. https://events.ucalgary.ca/faith-spirituality/
Scholars, pundits, and evangelicals themselves can’t seem to agree on who counts as an evangelical. Are evangelicals conservative white American Christians who vote Republican? Or are evangelicals a diverse collection of Christians, the world over? Is evangelicalism a theological category, defined by belief? Or is it a cultural, political, or racial category? This paper will sift through the competing definitions, and rather than selecting one over another, will suggest that we instead think of evangelicalism as an imagined religious community.
