It is not hard to understand its mass appeal: it places a finger on the pulse of a deep and unsettling trend, namely, the abuses of leadership, power, and theology that have taken place in the American evangelical church over the past century, and which continue to this day.ĭu Mez begins by asking the following questions: How could “81% of white evangelical voters Trump” in the 2016 presidential election?…How could ‘family values’ conservatives support a man who flouted every value they insisted they held dear? How could the self-professed ‘Moral Majority’ embrace a candidate who reveled in vulgarity? How could evangelicals who’d turned ‘WWJD’ (‘What Would Jesus Do?’) into a national phenomenon justify their support for a man who seemed the very antithesis of the savior they claimed to emulate?”(intro) The book has been featured on popular news and media outlets, and praised by a number of eminent evangelicals. I continue to see friends of all ages quoting and recommending it as a vital resource. From the second it came off the press, Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne has exploded in popularity.
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