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This is our 200th episode of the Antioch Podcast, and our team gathered around the mics today to look back at what we’ve learned over the years leading up to now.
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for WhitenessĮpisode 200: Our 200th Episode! – “What We Have Learned So Far.” National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted 2020 – New York Times Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation – Kristin Kobes Du Mez Her cultural history of this segment of white Christianity was why were so honored to have her join us to talk about her book. The militant, masculine approach of Donald Trump seems to explain why he, more than any other presidential candidate in recent history, has garnered the support and admiration of white evangelicals. Yet Du Mez describes in her thoroughly-researched book how notions of militancy and masculinity have been strong themes through generations of white evangelical communities until this present day. This fact puzzles many outside of evangelicalism, who seek her out for comment, since many outside this tradition widely see Donald Trump as someone whose language and behavior are antithetical to the morality of scripture. Her book, Jesus and John Wayne, a history of white evangelicalism, has put her in the spotlight as white evangelicals have been one the most reliable voting constituencies for Donald Trump. Her past month had been a blur of interviews. It also happened to be the week of the 2020 election, and at the time we recorded, no presidential winner had been formally declared. We caught Professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez at her home on a Friday afternoon after a week of teaching American History at Calvin University.