Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

33 reviews

meganpbell's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This 75-year-spanning study by a Christian historian traces American evangelicals’ takeover of the Republican Party and shows how their highest values—militarism and masculinity, patriarchy and patriotism—turned a modest Jesus Christ into a macho John Wayne, and made voting for Donald Trump not a necessary evil, but a natural conclusion. As disturbing as it is revelatory, this book is a must read for anyone seeking to make sense of this political era.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexism, War, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Rape

lisettemarie's review

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

pearlisarobot's review

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Trafficking, War, Violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Rape, Child abuse, Colonisation, Genocide, and Mental illness

feralforestgoblin's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

A really fascinating angle on how Jesus-worship evolved into military/nationalism-worship. Might not be a comfortable read for everyone, but it's an angle that should be explored nonetheless. This is well put together and easy to follow.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

tinyshedtia's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. If you’ve ever wondered how it’s possible for the US to be where it is, this book provides SO MUCH CONTEXT. Honestly I haven’t been able to shut up about this book. Incredibly well researched, the writing is compelling, and the structure is fantastic; it truly brings you on the journey of how evangelicalism began and how it got to where it is now. Amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

ariesrae's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is full of triggers, so be forewarned before you read it. It filled me with shame for having voted for Reagan the first time I got to vote (I was only mimicking my parents’ votes, but still…). It also makes me wonder why the Islamic culture is the enemy when there are so many parallels in the White evangelical culture that run this country. The book also makes clear to me that everything wrong with the US is perpetuated by this same group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, War, Homophobia, Incest, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Infidelity

mirabrothers's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

5.0

Every person who has ever voted in America should read this book. Challenging read but written very well

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

ana_reads's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

This was an incredibly informative and incredibly upsetting read. the overall tone was a lot more formal than I was anticipating at first, I thought there would be more anecdotal/personal stories, but I'm glad it was actually a bit more clinical in the end. It was a lot easier to track how the ideals that exist now have evolved and expanded over the course of decades and how systemic it all is. Overall a very informative and important read, but also like a real bummer.    

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.75

Incredibly informative and impeccably researched. If you want to understand what evangelicals really are and how the community got to where they are now and why they’ve had their outsized impact on the US government, this is it. You will leave this book understanding that and also probably depressed and anxious. The definition of “thanks, I hate it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape, Slavery, War, Infidelity, Incest, Hate crime, and Deportation