Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

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

43 reviews

kbbru's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Religious bigotry

montyalmoro's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Slavery, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Racism

sarahbethhh's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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Graphic: Religious bigotry

xfallenxnightx's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

Eye opening look into far right Christian Nationalist politics. Terrifying stuff, as this book lays out the history of this group and their rise to power in the US.

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Graphic: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, War, Racism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Hate crime

sorry_imbooked's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Child abuse

caikey11's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

It’s hard to formulate thoughts on this one right now. An important read. 

Sharing a massive trigger warning for the last chapter, which examines the church’s failure to prevent, respond to, and protect sexual victimization of children and women in the church. Even working extensively (8+ years, heavily focused on trauma and primarily on childhood sexual abuse) with this subject, this chapter was triggering and overwhelming to me. And one point I had to just put it away for a while. Take good care, especially if you have sexual trauma with or without religious trauma.

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Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Islamophobia, and Physical abuse

knunderb's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, War, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

caseythereader's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

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

roguesaw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, War, and Sexual assault

This book reaffirmed the thoughts I had on American patriotism and evangelicalism.