Kristin du mez jesus and john wayne9/7/2023 ![]() A history professor at a prominent Christian college, the author of A New Gospel for Women and a contributor to Christianity Today, she’s in an ideal position to expose the hypocrisy, crudeness, and chauvinism of the religious right. ![]() ![]() Du Mez makes it clear that she’s not criticizing from the ivory tower or explicitly from the left. One of the book’s missed opportunities is a more thorough exploration of the prosperity gospel, or the bizarre notion that, as one book put it, 'Jesus Wants You to Be Rich.' If ultra-manliness is the goal, then for Americans raised on the Protestant ethic money is the means to that worldly end. One of the book’s subtle insights is that being evangelical isn’t just about agreeing to a certain set of theological principles-that’s just where the rest of the lifestyle management begins. Du Mez argues, using an extensive amount of research, that white evangelical culture often glorifies the aggressive, patriarchal idea of manhood, which has become intertwined with what it means to be a conservative Christian in the modern age.
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