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NBCNews.com. Op Ed. Trump pick Amy Coney Barrett’s Christian ‘Handmaid’ History Matters

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

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Interview: UOL, “Fundamentalismo corrompeu a fé cristã, diz autora de bestseller evangélico,” by Ronilso Pacheco

Published in UOL. September 26, 2020. https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/ronilso-pacheco/2020/09/26/o-fundamentalismo-corrompeu-a-fe-crista-nos-eua-e-pode-corromper-aqui.htm Screencapture September 26, 2020

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 26, 2020

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Interview: AlJazeera.net, “لماذا يدعم الإنجيليون ترامب؟.. مؤرخة أميركية تجيب عن,” by Mohammed Al-Manshawi

Translation: "Why do evangelicals support Trump? U.S. Historian Answers Al Jazeera Net Questions." Published September 25, 2020. https://www.aljazeera.net/news/politics/2020/9/25/لماذا-يدعم-الإنجيليون-الأميركيون?fbclid=IwAR0hODL-qGgyz6QAcjL9-xAxALT-I7aLNg9Jde7HawrucVFpeEVcLihhkCA

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 25, 2020

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Book Review: Salon.com, “How the Evangelical Movement Became Donald Trump’s ‘Bitch’ – and Yes, I Know what that Word Signifies,” by Michael Rea

Excerpts: As an evangelical myself, I can see how far the movement has sunk — even to betraying its own ideal of masculinity In her recent book, "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a…

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 9, 2020

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From Donald Trump to John Wayne: How to become a hero of the Christian Right

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

screencapture of the holy post podcast episode 419 with image of kristin kobes dumez

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Interview: The Holy Post Podcast, “419: Rethinking Roe, Crotch Christianity, & Militant Masculinity.”

https://youtu.be/9mdhkOe9Ens?t=2673 Interview. Kristin Kobes Du Mez. "Episode 419: Rethinking Roe, Crotch Christianity, & Militant Masculinity with Kristin Kobes Du Mez." The Holy Post Podcast. Phil Vischer. August 26, 2020. https://youtu.be/9mdhkOe9Ens "Is our vision of the ideal Christian man more like…

Kristin Kobes Du MezAugust 26, 2020

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Interview: BBC Radio 5 Live, with Stephen Nolan

Interview with Stephen Nolan. BBC Radio 5 Live. August 8, 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_five_live The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.

Kristin Kobes Du MezAugust 8, 2020

Book Reviews In the Media Reviews: Jesus and John Wayne

Review: The Christian Century, “Kristin Kobes DuMez’s History of the Manly Godly Man,” by Philip Christman

Excerpts: Jesus and John Wayne something more than a book of cultural history. Du Mez is facing a problem that besets many ex-evangelicals and former fundamentalists these days: How did the people who taught us to love Jesus end up…

Kristin Kobes Du MezAugust 4, 2020

Book Reviews In the Media Reviews: Jesus and John Wayne

Review: The Baffler, “Onward Christian Cowboys,” by Matt Hanson

Excerpts: Du Mez argues, using an extensive amount of research, that white evangelical culture often glorifies the aggressive, patriarchal idea of manhood, which has become intertwined with what it means to be a conservative Christian in the modern age. Sooner…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 29, 2020

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Interview: Minnesota Public Radio, “The Impact of White Evangelicals on U.S. Politics,” by Kerri Miller

Interview. Kristin Kobes Du Mez. "The Impact of White Evangelicals on U.S. Politics." Kerri Miller. MPR News. Minnesota Public Radio. July 28, 2020. https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2020/07/28/the-impact-of-white-evangelicals-on-us-politics. Screencapture, Minnesota Public Radio, July 28, 2020

Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 28, 2020

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