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But, according to Du Mez, Billy Graham kept his body in good physical health in order to show strength and to back up his “patriarchal teaching.” The Purity Culture was started, not to follow God’s plan for sex within marriage. Billy Graham apparently worked out when he was younger and maintained good health. Apparently, according to Du Mez, every major leader in Evangelicalism who holds to biblical gender roles has as their motive the reinforcement of white male militant masculinity and patriarchy. She reports her opinion of their motives as fact. But, she doesn’t say that she is suspciaus of their motives. I can understand that someone who holds her point of view would view conservative church leaders’ actions with suspicion. Where this book falls short is where Du Mez incorrectly assigns motive to the leaders behind the events in the history of Evangelicalism.
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So, if you take the time to read this I apologize for the randomness and organization (or lack of it). They are pretty random and not organized well. Having studied about and lived through a lot of the events she chronicles, I was able to recall many of the details as she tells the story.īelow are my thoughts on the book. Her strength as a historian comes through as she retells historical events. I think she does a great job of identifying key figures and movements within evangelicalism. She tells the history of Evangelicalism from the lens of white patriarchal masculinity being the driving force behind all major events and sub-movements within Evangelicalism. The subtitle of the book, “How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation,” makes her point of view clear. Her book, Jesus and John Wayne, looks like a history of Evagelicalism on the surface. Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a profossor of history and gender studies.
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Jesus and John Wayne, by Kristin Kobes Du Mez, is not a book that I would ordinarily read but someone in my family has been talking about the book non-stop so I thought I would break down and see what Du Mez has to say in this book.