He also become more and more politically involved, openly supporting various Republican candidates. She notes that Dobson had supported Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy MooreвЂ™s instillation of a monument to the Ten Commandments in the Alabama Supreme Court in 2003. Once again, KDM focuses on James Dobson, who had moved Focus on the Family to Colorado Springs in 1991. To engage in some kind politically partisan of вЂњguilty by associationвЂќ game-not so much.Д¬hapter 12: PilgrimвЂ™s Progress in Camo-Summary and ResponseД¬hapter 12 focuses on how Colorado Springs became the new center for the Evangelical world and how there was an Evangelical push to influence the military.

ItвЂ™s good to expose those who are guilty of truly bad behavior.

And just because Keller and Carson, along with Driscoll (and many other pastors) were part of The Gospel Coalition, that hardly means Keller and Carson are like Driscoll. Like I said in an earlier post, just because Huckabee, Palin, and Perry had either attended or spoke at a Bill Gothard seminar doesnвЂ™t mean they are вЂњpromoting patriarchy and militant masculinity,вЂќ any more than if a Democrat politician stumped for Bill Clinton in the 90s, that means that Democrat is promoting sexual harassment and rape. Where she goes wrong, as she has all throughout her book, is when she lumps the extreme examples of truly abusive masculinity (Mark Driscoll, Doug Wilson) with just your run-of-the-mill conservative Evangelical. It is a shame that a guy like Mark Driscoll even got to be as influential as he was. Carson, among others and accuses all of them of promoting patriarchy and militant masculinity.ДЇor the most part, I agree with KDM in this chapter. KDM ends the chapter by tying men like Mark Driscoll and Doug Wilson (whom she admits were on the extreme) in with a number of other Evangelicals like Tim Keller and D.A. In addition, he got caught writing some extremely nasty, vulgar and offensive rants on the churchвЂ™s online discussion board and had to resign his position at Mars Hill Church. Eventually, though, his authoritative and downright abusive behavior within his church came to light. He said that ever since the Fall, that men had become вЂњpussified,вЂќ that James Dobson was вЂњpussifiedвЂќ and that Promise Keepers was like вЂњhomoerotic worship.вЂќ He wrote a book about the вЂњSong of SolomonвЂќ called Porn-again Christian in which he said it was a sex manual. He (from his pulpit!) would say that Jesus was an ultimate fighter warrior king with tattoos down his leg, riding into battle against Satan. Driscoll, a вЂњNew Calvinist,вЂќ was (and is) an absolute, vulgar, offensive goon who is not only a sad excuse for a Christian, but a sad excuse of a human being. KDM holds him up as an вЂњextreme expression of militant Evangelical masculinityвЂќ and on this one she is completely right. He was a tremendously influential pastor for a short time and was known, quite frankly, as being a somewhat crude, foul-mouthed tough-guy, macho man pastor. Most of the chapter is devoted to Mark Driscoll of SeattleвЂ™s Mars Hill Church. That being said, KDM does mention that the Quiverfull Movement was very small and not really widespread. She also mentions Doug Phillips, a Rushdoony acolyte who promoted the вЂњQuiverfull MovementвЂќ that basically stressed the importance of a man fathering many children and being a family leader (think the Duggar Family and the show 19 Kids and Counting). She also notes the growth of the Christian homeschooling movement, and once again mentions Bill Gothard and notes that a number of Republicans like Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Rick Perry all either had attended a conference led by Gothard or had spoken at one. She mentioned various Christian ministries like Xtreme Ministries and Mixed Martial Arts Academy, and Christian MMA that sought to spread the Gospel through fighting exhibitions and feats of strength. In chapter 11, KDM focuses on a number of movements and Evangelicals that emerged in the early 2000s.

In this post, my response will be alongside my summary of each chapter.Д¬hapter 11: Holy Balls-Summary and Response Here in Part 7 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du MezвЂ™s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 11-13.

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