Militant Masculinity & Evangelical Christianity

Matt and Merry conclude their two part series on the role of women and men in American Evangelical Christianity.  Last week, we covered the women, and this week we turn toward the men.  We read Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book called Jesus and John Wayne.  In it, she talks about how the secular ideas of what it means to be a man have been largely adopted by American Evangelical Christianity.  What has risen is an interesting blend of Christianity/ American Nationalism defined by aggression and militancy.  In a century dominated by wars and rumors of wars, we lament that for some people being a Christian man means looking for something to resist and someone to fight.