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American Evangelicalism Featured In the Media Interviews & Podcasts

Interview: NPR, Morning Edition, “Book, ‘Jesus And John Wayne,’ Explores What It Means To Be A Christian Man,” with Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to history professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez about her new book: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. Screencapture of Interview by Steve Inskeep, NPR News. Morning Edition. June 23,…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 23, 2020

In the Media Reviews: Jesus and John Wayne

Review: Shelf Awareness

Jesus and John Wayne, Kristin Kobes Du Mez's urgent, sharp-elbowed survey of the last half-century of white American evangelicalism. . . . The book's subtitle, How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, suggests an excoriating approach, but Du…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 23, 2020

American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Featured In the Media

If You Want to Understand White Evangelicals, Tour a Hobby Lobby Store

The Daily Beast. Opinions. June 21, 2020. https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-you-want-to-understand-white-evangelicals-tour-a-hobby-lobby-store Screencapture of Daily Beast. Images/Kristin Kobes Du Mez Excerpt: Scenes of President Donald Trump proclaiming himself the “president of law and order,” urging the deployment of the military to “dominate the streets,” and then…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 21, 2020

Featured In the Media Reviews: Jesus and John Wayne

Book Review: Boston Globe, “Men of God,” by Chrissy Stroop

“Jesus and John Wayne” is a book that America needs now.Chrissy Stroop, Boston Globe Stroop, Chrissy. "Men of God." The Boston Globe. Book Reviews. Print Edition, N8. June 21, 2020. June 21, 2020. Boston Globe, Book Reviews. Stroop, Chrissy. "'Jesus…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 18, 2020

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American Evangelicalism Christian Feminists In the Media

“Beth Moore’s Ministry Reignites Debate Over Whether Women Can Preach,” by Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service.

Cited in Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks article "Beth Moore's Ministry Reignites Debate Over Whether Women Can Preach," Religion News Service, June 5, 2019. Excerpts: In the world of Bible teachers, Beth Moore is a rock star. She packs…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 5, 2019

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Christian Feminists Church History In the Media

“The Complex Role of Faith in the Women’s Suffrage Movement”

Cited in article by Elizabeth Evans, "The Complex Role of Faith in the Women's Suffrage Movement." Religion News Service, 4 June 2019. https://religionnews.com/2019/06/04/the-complex-role-of-faith-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/ Excerpts: This week marks 100 years since Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 4, 2019

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American Evangelicalism Christian Thought In the Media

“Evangelicals helped get Trump into the White House. Pete Buttigieg believes the religious left will get him out.”

Interviewed by Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post. 29 March 2019.

Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 29, 2019

Donald Trump In the Media

“At the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump is Likely to Play on White Evangelicals’ Fears”

Cited in article by Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Julie Zauzmer, "At the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump is Likely to Play on White Evangelicals' Fears." The Washington Post, February 6, 2019.

Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 6, 2019

American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Christian Thought In the Media

There are No Real Evangelicals. Only Imagined Ones.

Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Published at Religion News Service, February 6, 2019. (RNS) — Not long ago, Baylor historian Thomas Kidd published a short post at The Gospel Coalition blog on the anniversary of Phillis Wheatley’s death. He titled his piece “Phillis Wheatley: An…

Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 6, 2019

American Evangelicalism Christian Thought In the Media

“How Best to Define Evangelical? There are ‘Many Evangelicalisms,’ Historian Says”

Paper "Race, Gender, and the 81 Percent: Defining Evangelicalism and What’s at Stake" cited by Michael Gryboski in The Christian Post. Published January 8, 2019. Complete audio of speech given at American Historical Association, January 5, 2019. Summary from Article: There are "many evangelicalisms" and people…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJanuary 8, 2019

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