And one question that seems to constantly recur is: why have so many white evangelicals continued to support Donald Trump, who, despite his promises to defend them, seems to share so few stated evangelical values and beliefs? In her book, Du Mez begins by proposing her own answer to this question which first arose following the 2016 election. Through both news analysis and casual conversations, many of us are still trying to make sense of it all. Afterward many evangelical leaders stood by Trump as he contested the election results and protests broke out across the country and at the capitol in response. As the calendar turned over from 2020 to 2021, evangelicals continued to overwhelmingly support Donald Trump with exit polls from the November 2020 election showing 75% of white evangelical votes cast in his favor even as he lost to Joe Biden. The USA’s divisions were on clear display in our debates over mask-mandates, racial justice, and the integrity of our election process.
Twitter | | you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave a review.The year that has passed since Kristin Kobes Du Mez published her New York Times best seller, Jesus and John Wayne, has been a politically rocky one, to say the least. And Jesus will be upheld as supreme.Ĭheck out Dr. Theology in the Raw Conference – Exiles in BabylonĪt the Theology in the Raw conference, we will be challenged to think like exiles about race, sexuality, gender, critical race theory, hell, transgender identities, climate change, creation care, American politics, and what it means to love your democratic or republican neighbor as yourself. In this episode, I talk to Kristin about her book and the responses it has elicited.
Her most recent book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, has swatted a hornets nest and sparked all kinds of interesting and much needed conversations. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University.
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