The Signal | From Jesus to John Wayne and Donald Trump to Project 2025. A Conversation with Kristin
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
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14 August 2024
30 October 2025
Source:
https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-h6ynd-169d82b
Kristin Kobes Du Mez is Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. Kristin joins us today to talk about her book, evangelical support for Trump, and how Project 2025 looks to advance the MAGA-evangelical movement’s broader goals to transform the nation.
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American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times, by André Gagné
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, by Frances Fitzgerald
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, by Katherine Stewart
American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays The Gospel And Threatens The Church, by Andrew L. Whitehead
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The Signal is produced by Kevin Mahoney, Raging Chicken Media.
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