Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

25 reviews

katyallred's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

sarahholliday's review against another edition

challenging informative

4.25

An impressive analysis of the insidious influence militant masculinity, patriarchy, and white supremacy have had on American evangelicalism and American culture more broadly. The evidence is abundant and the arguments convincing, though I wish de Mez would've drawn explicit connections between these systems and abuse earlier in the work, rather than leaving the bulk of that particular discussion for the final chapter. 

Overall, I loved this much-needed work and want to put it into the hands of everyone I know.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Transphobia

Minor: Rape

drusilla_reads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

j_sherrill's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

As someone who has grown up sort of on the fringes of evangelical Christianity in America and as someone who is perplexed by the evangelical obsession with Donald Trump, I felt this was an important book for me to read. I did not expect it to be as challenging as it was. To me, at times this book felt pretty dry and dense and I found myself zoning out. I was just bored at times. In spite of this, I feel like this is an important book for any evangelical Christian to read and it is well worth the time and effort required to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

daveketter's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape