Emily Garmon’s Reviews > Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation > Status Update

"But wherever evangelicals drew the line [on modesty], women were judged for their failure to uphold the ideal. Evangelicals had far less to say about male modesty. Instead, they emphasized the rewards that awaited boys who waited. A message of delayed gratification was at the heart of purity teachings for adolescent boys." (Pg. 170)

Wow. To be believe they (the Christian right) were giving so much sh*t to Clinton (which, valid, especially when we know what we know now) but not to say anything of the same about Trump? Insane behavior.

"Conservative evangelicals knew they were being called to fight the Lord's battle. It just wasn't entirely clear what that battle would be." Lol.

God, no wonder we are where we are. All these so called "Christian" leaders drove this country into more rampant racism, classism, homophobia, and capitalism.

I wondered if she was going to touch on James Dobson (Focus on the Family, i.e. how my family "raised" me) and sure enough. What a douche.

"...in the 1960s snd 1970s, as patriotism took on a populist dimension, conservative evangelicals were drawn to the values of the white working class. For these new allies, nostalgic celebrations of rugged masculinity would come to symbolize a shared identity, and a political agenda." (Pg. 52).