![]() This book is about one thing, and one thing only - it seeks to describe and explain the emergence of toxic masculinity, or the patriarchy, within evangelicalism. There are a few scatterings about John Wayne and his politics and how it influenced his later movies, especially films like The Green Berets, but if you buy this book thinking there will be a lot of stories about The Duke in it and how he relates to Jesus, then you’ll be disappointed. Actually, there is very little about Jesus in it. Let me begin by addressing the salacious title. There are sixteen chapters, and each chapter is thematic around a basic idea related to the rise of evangelicalism in the United States since the turn of the twentieth century. She has done good historical work, documented her sources, and covered the time period in a chronological way that I appreciate. ![]() ![]() The book is 309 pages of text plus a lot more pages of notes, paperback, written by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
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