It is very detailed and there are plenty of names and dates to take note of, but the writing style is approachable and more of a narrative. She goes on to trace the rise of this ideology, first, briefly, at the turn of the 20 th century, then in more detail from post-WW2 to the present. It was, rather, the culmination of evangelicals’ embrace of militant masculinity, an ideology that enshrines patriarchal authority and condones the callous display of power at home and abroad.” (3) The archetype for this ideology is John Wayne, the famous American actor, and exemplar of all that is rugged, masculine, and heroic. Although this is the cultural milieu from which this book arises, Du Mez is clear this book isn’t about Trump.ĭu Mez’s main argument is that “vangelical support for Trump was no aberration, nor was it merely a pragmatic choice.
Numerous justifications have been offered for this, as well as more than a few attempts to reframe the stat, but it still seems to stick. The stats have been mentioned repeatedly but over 80% of self-identified evangelicals supported Trump in the 2016 election. Although whether they ever lost it is open to debate. (White American) Evangelicalism has re-found its place at the forefront of American culture over the five or so years, coinciding with the rise of Donald Trump to the Republican nominee and then to the presidency. A short time later the book arrived at my doorstep (thanks Mom) and I started reading it. It was an intriguing premise and the subtitle was guaranteed to elicit a response. I had not really heard of her except the briefest of snippets I had seen on Twitter that had mentioned the title of her book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. My mom recently mentioned to me a book she had heard about and was starting to read.
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