For conservative white evangelicals, the “good news” of the Christian gospel has become inextricably linked to a staunch commitment to patriarchal authority, gender difference, and Christian nationalism, and all of these are intertwined with white racial identity. She writes:Īlthough foundational to white evangelical identity, race rarely acts as an independent variable. Her focus is a particular framework for masculinity, with John Wayne as the archetype. And, this sub-culture sometimes has little to do with scripture itself. Kristin Du Mez’ Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation argues that “evangelicalism” is less a set of doctrinal commitments (like, say, the Bebbington quadrilateral) than a sociological or cultural phenomenon with its own values, mores, and gatekeepers. The women who wrote the books that started this great war What’s the problem? I’ll briefly introduce the two books, look at some examples of culture driving bible interpretation, take a look at the alarmist response to Barr and Du Mez from some quarters, then offer some brief analysis. They’re undermining scripture–putting lived experiences, feelings, and sociology in the driver’s seat. They say they’re paving the slippery slope to ruin.
They call Du Mez and Barr (along with some other folks) “wolves.” They say these women are a threat. They’ve both drawn the negative attention of a particular group of conservative, male, Christian theologians.
They’re both well-credentialed historians.
Kristin Du Mez and Beth Allison Barr both published important books, recently.
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