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American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Christian Thought Sexual Abuse & #MeToo

After Jesus and John Wayne

We’re three months out now from the release of Jesus and John Wayne, and it’s been a whirlwind of remote talks, podcasts, interviews, and even a couple of documentary film crews. One of the reasons I’ve had so many opportunities to…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 1, 2020

Christian Thought Talks & Lectures

Valparaiso University, Institute for Leadership and Service: Pathways to Purpose Speaker Series

Lecture. "Jesus and John Wayne." September 29, 2020. Zoom Virtual Event. The Pathways to Purpose Speaker Series brings dynamic alumni and other exemplary practitioners of leadership and service to campus to help expand student imagination about pursuing purposeful work and…

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 29, 2020

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Church History In the Media Reviews: Jesus and John Wayne

Review: Church History, by Jon Butler

Church History , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 747 - 750DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009640720001936 Excerpts: Kristin Kobes Du Mez's startling Jesus and John Wayne assesses the religious culture that produced an outpouring of evangeltical support for the distinctly non-evangelical Republican Donald J. Trump in…

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 1, 2020

American Evangelicalism Christian Thought In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: Financial Times (Chinese), “The Gospel of Trump and his Last Temptation” with Mary Ma

Screencapture of Financial Times (Chinese), July 16, 2020 Mary Ma. "The Gospel of Trump and his Last Temptation." Interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Financial Times (Chinese). July 16, 2020. https://www.ftchinese.com/story/001088577

Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 16, 2020

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Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship Work & Family

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

American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Church 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 MezApril 2, 2020

Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship Donald Trump

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 Christian Thought Purity 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 MezJanuary 23, 2020

American Evangelicalism Christian Scholarship Talks & Lectures

Panel: Educating for Activism? Historians and Politics in the Contemporary United States

Panel discussion at the Conference on Faith and History annual meeting, January 2020.

Kristin Kobes Du MezJanuary 4, 2020

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Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

Coming Soon: 2020 Must-Reads in Christianity and Politics

The frenzied commentary around Mark Galli’s Christianity Today editorial has not only revealed widely diverging opinions within the evangelical community about the Trump presidency, but also about about what, if anything, an anti-Trump editorial in the pages of CT portends. Is this merely…

Kristin Kobes Du MezDecember 26, 2019

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