Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

40 reviews

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, and Islamophobia

knunderb's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Minor: Gun violence, Transphobia, and Abortion

localbogwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Sexual assault

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

aryn_back's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Xenophobia and Abortion

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

risten's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

erica_palmisano's review

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