Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

48 reviews

samstebbins's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is full of triggers, so be forewarned before you read it. It filled me with shame for having voted for Reagan the first time I got to vote (I was only mimicking my parents’ votes, but still…). It also makes me wonder why the Islamic culture is the enemy when there are so many parallels in the White evangelical culture that run this country. The book also makes clear to me that everything wrong with the US is perpetuated by this same group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, War, Homophobia, Incest, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Infidelity

mirabrothers's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

5.0

Every person who has ever voted in America should read this book. Challenging read but written very well

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.75

Incredibly informative and impeccably researched. If you want to understand what evangelicals really are and how the community got to where they are now and why they’ve had their outsized impact on the US government, this is it. You will leave this book understanding that and also probably depressed and anxious. The definition of “thanks, I hate it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape, Slavery, War, Infidelity, Incest, Hate crime, and Deportation

sophmcgraw's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

elnelson's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Transphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Homophobia, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Outing, Sexual harassment, War, Physical abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Deportation

jbrando28's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Rape, War, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Hate crime

effortlesslybookishbre_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

If you want an in depth analysis of how Evangelicalism doesn’t just affect those who have deconstructed from the faith, but every aspect of our lives from politics, pop culture, and even places we shop. This is a book you need to pick up  Kristin Kobes Du Mez dives deep into the world of Evangelicalism, and it’s leaders. Was this book difficult to read at times? Yes was it shocking the amount of power these people hold over so many aspects of main stream culture? Yes but it is well worth the read or listen to know just how Evangelicalism thrives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, War, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

c2llanes's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

du mez does an excellent job covering a lot of historical and cultural ground, and while at times it felt a little meandering, by the time you get to the last two chapters, it all feels very rewarding because the big picture is so clear: connecting a legacy of masculinity with the 2016 election and widespread abuse in the christian church. i’m excited to see what other scholarship du mez does around culture and christian theology!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Islamophobia

oramayjutila's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault