Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez uses three categories of analysis for her historical discussion in Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. Examine any of these three categories: gender, race, or class. How does Du Mez use that category in her analysis? What does that category reveal about the history of white conservative evangelicalism?

Using Du Mez’s discussions of militant masculinity and figures like Phyllis Schlafly as a springboard, describe conservative evangelical femininity. How does Du Mez address it? What is the relationship between that femininity and evangelical militant masculinity?

Research a work of modern fictional media (film, television, graphic novels, or literature) that features a historical portrayal of Jesus (such as the novel or film The Last Temptation of Christ, the graphic novel Judas, the film Passion of the Christ, or the TV series The Chosen). How does this portrayal follow or defy the evangelical, masculine image of Jesus that Du Mez discusses? What does this portrayal say about the history of conservative evangelicals in the US and their relationship with mainstream popular culture?