Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

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

37 reviews

tamara_joy's review against another edition

informative sad tense

4.0

This explains so much. Sometimes hard to read, especially with the most recent stuff, but so well laid out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

erica_palmisano's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Well researched, scrupulously end-noted, and full of insights I hadn't expected, this book is phenomenal. Absolutely a must-read for people in Evangelicalism or coming out of it. Also, important for folks seeking to understand Christian Nationalism and its impact on US Politics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

kayschwe's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

matthewclan's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Islamophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

crocheteer34's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment

katyallred's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Abortion

spookyfaith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

 

holy shit I don’t have the words to describe this book. I had been waiting for months for it to release and wow was it worth the wait. 

this is absolutely required reading for anyone who grew up evangelical, whether you’re deconstructing or not. it goes into the historical details of how American evangelicalism was shaped by toxic masculinity and white nationalism. it explains how politics, capitalism, and modern culture have created the version of Christianity we know today, in America. 

I knew so much of Christian theology stemmed from conservative politics, power, and abuse but I had no idea the horrific depths it went to. the people that have made evangelicalism what it is today did so out of the desire for power and selfish ambition, and as a result, thousands of individuals are now the victims of abuse of many kinds, (myself included.) 

bad things don’t just happen in churches; they are primed to happen. the abuse, racism, homophobia, and the “othering” of all non white, cishet men is the direct result of the culture and theology we have built. abuse is the natural consequence of a theology based on militantancy, toxic masculinity, and complementarianism. once we can recognize how much of our beliefs don’t actually stem from the Bible, but rather from relatively new interpretations of scripture and a lot of cultural baggage. 

If you read one book this year, make it this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment

Content about spiritual abuse