Divided Nation: A New Book by Ken Ham! (Warning: It’s a tad divisive…and actually just a rehash of everything else he’s written)

A couple of weeks ago, on one of the Creation/Evolution Facebook groups I follow, there was a thread about how Ken Ham, the founder of Answers in Genesis, had spent about five pages in his book, Six Days, lambasting someone in the Facebook group because this person didn’t accept Ken Ham’s views. People were getting…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 10)–Concluding Remarks (Why Kobes Du Mez really is more like Ken Ham than you think)

We now come to the final post of my book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. I’ve gone through most of her book, so in this post I simply want to make some concluding comments regarding, not only her book as a whole, but also what I fear is the…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 9)–Chapter 15: The 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump…and Evangelicals (Hang on, this ride is going to get bumpy!)

We now come to the next-to-last post of my book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. In this post, I will look at chapter 15, which looks at the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump. Let’s get triggered! Chapter 15: A New High Priest–A SummaryChapter 15 takes us up…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 8)–Chapter 14: Evangelicals, Barack Obama, and Sarah Palin

We now come to Part 8 of my book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. In this post, I will look at chapter 14, which looks at the Evangelicals in the Obama and years. Chapter 14: Spiritual Bad Asses—Summary and Response Obama and Jeremiah WrightIn this chapter, Kobes Du Mez…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 7)–Chapters 11-13: The Manly Man Mark Driscoll, Evangelicals and the Army, and the War in Iraq

Here in Part 7 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 11-13. In this post, my response will be alongside my summary of each chapter. Chapter 11: Holy Balls—Summary and ResponseIn chapter 11, KDM focuses on a number of movements and Evangelicals…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 6)–Chapters 9-10: Promise Keepers, Purity Culture, and that Nasty Masculinity

Here in Part 6 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 9-10. In this post, my response will be alongside my summary of each chapter. Chapter 9: Tender Warriors—Summary and Response Promise-Keepers: Soft PatriarchyIn chapter 9, KDM focuses on the Promise Keepers…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 5)–Chapters 7-8: Oliver North and Bill Clinton (that moderate Southern Baptist!)…and sex scandals

Here in Part 5 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 7-8. Again, my format will consist of a brief summary of a chapter, followed by my response to it. Let’s jump in… Chapter 7: The Greatest American Hero—SummaryIn this chapter, Kobes…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne”–Part 4 (Chapters 5-6): All About Tim LaHaye, Jerry Falwell, Ronald Reagan and the SBC

In this post within my book analysis series on Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book Jesus and John Wayne, I’m going to be looking at chapters 5-6. Chapter 5, entitled, “Slaves and Soldiers,” focuses on the work of Tim LaHaye and Jerry Falwell, while chapter 6, entitled, “Going for the Jugular,” largely covers Evangelical support for…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 3): Chapters 3-4–Phyllis Schlafly, the ERA, Bill Gothard, Christian Reconstructionism, and James Dobson

Here in Part 3 of my analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s (KDM) book, Jesus and John Wayne, I am going to cover chapters 3-4 in her book. I’ve realized that to try to cover four chapters per post would mean extremely long posts, so I am going to cover two chapters per post. Again,…

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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 2)–Chapters 1-2: Fundies, Billy Graham, Communism, and the Southern Strategy

Beginning here in Part 2 of my analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I want to do two things in every succeeding post of this series. First, I will give a very brief summary of each chapter in question in that particular post (I will try to cover 3-4 chapters…

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