David Atwell reviewed Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
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5 stars
Meticulously researched and compiled, Kobes Du Mez's work speaks for itself. I grew up in a world where "GOP" practically stood for "God's Own Politics." But after learning a bit of history, I'm sickened, infuriated, and startled to see how much of it was manufactured out of a cynical, racist, sexist, hypocritical, heretical cloth in an attempt to grab power for white men. Between "Jesus and John Wayne," "What is a Girl Worth?" by Rachael Denhollander, and "The Color of Compromise" by Jemar Tisby, I'm learning that a lot of what I took for granted about my faith isn't necessarily core to it at all; it's driving me back to the Scripture to examine what the truth really is for myself, and what the historical Church believed before the blatant power grabs of the American Church.
Even though I felt like she was a bit unfair to a couple of …
Meticulously researched and compiled, Kobes Du Mez's work speaks for itself. I grew up in a world where "GOP" practically stood for "God's Own Politics." But after learning a bit of history, I'm sickened, infuriated, and startled to see how much of it was manufactured out of a cynical, racist, sexist, hypocritical, heretical cloth in an attempt to grab power for white men. Between "Jesus and John Wayne," "What is a Girl Worth?" by Rachael Denhollander, and "The Color of Compromise" by Jemar Tisby, I'm learning that a lot of what I took for granted about my faith isn't necessarily core to it at all; it's driving me back to the Scripture to examine what the truth really is for myself, and what the historical Church believed before the blatant power grabs of the American Church.
Even though I felt like she was a bit unfair to a couple of the people she mentioned, the sheer weight of evidence shines through to reveal deep wounds that we must apply the Gospel to; the real one, not the "gospel" of militant masculinity.
Highly recommended. You'll be gobsmacked by every page.
