Jesus and John Wayne
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Cowboy Jesus and the cult of manhood.
you grew up in evangelical culture and are trying to understand how it became what it is today
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Du Mez rewrites the mythology of American manhood, tracing how evangelical culture traded the gentle Jesus of the Gospels for a gun-toting warrior messiah. This is cultural exorcism through scholarship — an unflinching look at how toxic masculinity became holy doctrine. A must-read for anyone trying to understand the rise of the Christian right (and the fall of empathy).
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