Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Interview with Katherine Van Liere. History Department Colloquium. Calvin University. November 18, 2020. https://youtu.be/Ki8yNcRFkYk https://youtu.be/Ki8yNcRFkYk
Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 19, 2020
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.…
Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 24, 2020
Excerpts: Given this polarized context, it’s no surprise that leading Democrats have signaled a reticence to confront Barrett on the issue of her faith. Yet the precise nature of her beliefs, how those beliefs shape her judicial philosophy and how they align…
Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 10, 2020
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
Back in June, in anticipation of the book’s release, I published Jesus and John Wayne: the backstory. Now, nearly three months out from publication, I thought I’d take the opportunity to reflect on the book’s initial reception—more specifically, on the surprising…
Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 17, 2020
Excerpt: . . . in my research on evangelical masculinity, I have found that Trump's leadership style aligns closely with a rugged ideal of Christian manhood championed by evangelicals for more than half a century. As I show in my…
Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 8, 2020
Earlier this week Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University and one of President Trump’s leading evangelical supporters, once again found himself at the center of controversy. And once again, Falwell had no one to blame but himself. This time,…
Kristin Kobes Du MezAugust 6, 2020
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. http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001088577
Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 16, 2020
Religion Dispatches. July 9, 2020. Excerpts: Earlier this month he sought to curry favor with evangelicals by staging an awkward photo op in front of a church, Bible in hand, after violently dispersing peaceful protesters. In Arizona last week, he addressed a Students…
Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 9, 2020
A couple weeks back, evangelical Twitter erupted with the drama unfolding around Aimee Byrd and her new book, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose. Byrd is no liberal. A member of the Orthodox…
Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 9, 2020