One of the things that led to me writing this book that I had been tracking for a decade was the idea of this militant masculinity within conservative evangelicalism, long before Trump arrived on the scene. What I saw is over and over again was this pattern of abusive leaders, both promoting this ideology and then being supported by the good Christians in their churches and in their organizations, even when their abuse was revealed. I'm talking about sexual abuse and abuse of power.

Historian Kristen du Mez on her bestselling cultural history, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez

@kkdumez

Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.

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