![]() Others pointed to economic motivations or to the notion that most evangelicals simply held their nose to choose the lesser of two evils. These are not genuine evangelicals, some protested. ![]() ![]() When a majority of white evangelicals aligned themselves with Trump in 2016, many people sought to explain the bizarre union with different theories. Her latest book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, argues that white evangelicals’ embrace of Trump is the manifestation of a militant masculine ideal that’s been more than 50 years in the making. And lest I appear to be committing plagiarism, let me be clear that I didn’t come up with this observation myself but got it from the historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez. I’m not talking about Donald Trump but John Wayne. Far from being an emblem of “family values,” this man, who cemented his myth and persona by his on-screen acting, had married three times, divorced twice, carried on several high-profile affairs, and helped circulate racist stereotypes to the masses. White evangelicals in the United States fell in love with a foul-mouthed man who never had a born-again experience of faith.
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