Jesus and john wayne by the gaither vocal band

вЂњJesus and John Wayne Exposes Militant Masculinity in the Age of Trump.вЂќ Baptist Global News. Jesus And John Wayne is a moody song by Gaither Vocal Band with a tempo of 172 BPM. by so thoroughly exposing a faux religion rooted in power and privilege, Du Mez poses a provocative question: What would white American evangelicalism look like if we had listened to the civil rights marchers, anti-war protesters, gay rights advocates, and second-wave feminists instead of shutting them out and shutting them down?ДЄlan Bean. Her book includes a couple of references to my article and uses one of my best lines as a chapter title: вЂњThe unspoken mantra of post-war evangelicalism was simple: Jesus can save your soul, but John Wayne will save your ass.вЂќ Evangelical enthusiasm for Donald Trump, I argued, suggested that that militant masculinity of John Wayne had eclipsed the spirituality of Jesus.Дu Mez came across my article because she was thinking along similar lines. Jesus & John Wayne Lyrics: Daddy was a cowboy, hard as a rock / Momma, she was quiet as a prayer / Daddyd always tell me, Son, you gotta be tough. I first became aware of Du MezвЂ™s projectВ shortly after writing a piece for Baptist News GlobalВ in October of 2016 called Jesus and John Wayne: Must we choose?В When I Googled вЂњJesus and John Wayne,вЂќ the first item up was a 1980s song by that title by the Gaither Vocal Band that portrayed American evangelicals as living in a healthy tension between the fierce masculinity of John Wayne and the radical grace of Jesus. The majority of white American evangelicals support Trump, she says, because he embodies the kind of militant masculinity they have learned to love.

In Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, she explainsВ why.

Kristen Kobes Du Mez, a history professor at Calvin College, isnвЂ™t buying either of these explanations. You are watching Jesus And John Wayne By The Gaither Vocal Band on the largest video sharing platform offering online Christian videos with faith-based, family friendly content. Others see evangelical support for Trump as nothing more than transactional politics.

Jesus and john wayne by the gaither vocal band