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Jesus and John Wayne (Part 1)
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Hi friend! Welcome to Readers Digress, the podcast where we read nonfiction books so you don’t have to (unless you want to). We know, right? Finally! A book club for literature aficionados AND busy people who enjoy engaging conversations but don't want to get dirty looks from their co-worker Kassidy for showing up to the book club without finishing the book.. again.
Join us, hosts Mollie Fox and Kate Kiriakou, as we use a nonfiction book as the springboard to discuss relevant themes and their relation to current events, pop culture, and our personal experiences.
Our first two episodes dissect Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (book description in Part 1, 2:10). Part 1 focuses on performative masculinity and the myth of victimhood in white patriarchal evangelical culture, while Part 2 analyzes how politics and capitalism propelled evangelicalism to its modern, near-omnipresent status in American culture.
In Part 1, hear why we texted each other so many puking emojis while reading this (17:15, 22:10), why whiteness is vital to this movement (48:45), and why factions of evangelicalism mimic cult behavior (1:02:39).
P.S. The audio in our first recording didn’t pan out how we wanted—stick with us, the next episode will be better!
References: Moral Convictions - Hidden Brain (10/19/20): Moral Combat
Music by Waterboi via Pixabay
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