Using her gifts of storytelling and careful attention to detail, Du Mez helps her readers connect the dots between familiar elements within North American Christianity. ![]() It’s deeper than a grab for power and it won’t automatically disappear if short-term goals are achieved.ĭu Mez, an accomplished cultural historian at Calvin University, charts the roots of our current context through a 50 year history that transformed traditional evangelicalism into Christian nationalism, an ideology that fuses love of God and love of the United States, at the expense of the former. It’s more than a pragmatic choice to get certain judges appointed or specific pieces of legislation passed. Kristin Kobes Du Mez answers that question in her new book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. ![]() What explains the continuing strong support by evangelical Christians for a president whose actions are the antithesis of following Jesus? Dr.
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