Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

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

2 reviews

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Trafficking, War, Violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Rape, Child abuse, Colonisation, Genocide, and Mental illness

mfrisk's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I can’t even begin to express how much I want everyone I know to read this book. It maps out with care, critique, and precision the rise of the religious right over time and where the cultural met the religious aspects of evangelism to bring us to the state of fear and anger which has stoked bubbling hatred and concealed abuse. I think this book is extremely important for those in politics or involved in civic engagement in any way to read as well as those who practice religion in a way which goes against the harmful ideals detailed in this book. It is not a guidebook to the other side of the harm which has been created but to better understand this movement is to know how to deconstruct it and I feel more informed having read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Transphobia, and Gun violence