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Jesus & John Wayne

A Reflection on Jesus & John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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Sean Dreher
Oct 22, 2025
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“In 2008, the election of Barack Obama ratcheted up evangelical fears. Initially, the culture wars appeared to be lost and the power of the Christian Right seemed to have reached an ignoble end. But conservative evangelicals had always thrived on a sense of embattlement, real or imagined, and this time would be no different. Donald Trump appeared at a m…

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