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

informative reflective sad medium-paced

The book is less inflammatory than the subtitle suggests, more informative. It's a well-researched documentation of how "masculinity" has been continually redefined by the Religious Right over decades to be more militarized, more demanding of obedience, and less connected to the Gospel, shaping Christianity to fit their political desires rather than looking to Christianity to first develop them. 

The last chapter really brings home the chickens to roost, talking about all the abuse that was previously covered up in the name of protecting people who projected the "right" masculinity and the harm that's caused the Church and the nation.