![]() ![]() ![]() I struggled to place my finger on Du Mez's actual purpose, which impacted how I engaged with her work. Did she intend to write a work of academic history, or did she intend to write cultural commentary? One might look at this heavily cited (Jamie Carlson at Mere Orthodoxy does make a fair point that despite all the citations, direct citations are lacking in some places in favor of references to other secondary sources) and heavily researched book and assume it is intended to be academic in nature. However, in terms of tone, it clearly has surrendered any trappings of objectivity and draws much closer to Butler's screed. We, therefore, have a book with an identity crisis that has some valid critiques of the evangelical church, but I fear those critiques are going to get lost because of many unjustified mischaracterizations that will cause readers to question its credibility.ĭu Mez's central thesis hinges on the widely reported 81 percent of white evangelical supporters supporting Donald Trump in the 2016 election (2). ![]()
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