Jesus and John Wayne tells the story of how white evangelicals transformed Jesus from a radical socialist to the pinnacle of rugged masculinity in only 75 years. When I shared a quick summary of the book last month on OnlySky, I knew the basic premise of the book, but not much else: Jesus and John Wayne is a quintessential piece of backstory to fully understand the erosion of the separation of church and state. You know I’ll be reading and reviewing that as soon as possible. And even more unreal is that I’ll be working directly with the author of the first Christian Nationalism book I ever read or reviewed: Andrew Seidel! This is an especially exciting time for him and everyone at AU, since his second book releases this week.
Ironically, I first learned what AU is when writing one of my first book reviews about Christian Nationalism in 2020. A huge announcement!īefore I get into the book review, I want to share some very exciting news: I’m starting a new job as the Design Associate for Americans United for Separation of Church and State! If you know anything about me at all (or about them) then you will know that this opportunity is so perfect, I can still hardly believe it’s real. Since its release in June 2020, Kristin Kobes du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation has been required reading for anyone seeking to gain a full perspective on the Christian Nationalist movement in the United States and how it got this way.
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