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Kristin Du Mez
@kkdumez.bsky.social
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Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
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christabrown.bsky.social
"We're fighting for the life of democracy right now... Religion is at the core of the threat." - @kkdumez.bsky.social

On the importance of naming & confronting the problem of Christian Nationalism.

So much that's so good here. Have a listen. ⬇️
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Trump’s Drumbeat of Violence and Christian Nationalism
Plus, the latest writing from the Convocation Unscripted team.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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cliftonlee.bsky.social
This one's for Dr. @kkdumez.bsky.social. I'm in Montana, and this afternoon I pulled up behind this truck and my jaw actually dropped. If you haven't read her book with both of these personages on the two bumper stickers in the title, you must! (The blurred vehicle tag is not Montana.)
This is the back side of a pickup truck at a stoplight In Bozeman, Montana. The interest for me is in the bumper stickers on either side of the license tag, the latter of which of course I have blurred out. On the left side from my POV in my vehicle there is a bumper sticker that reads Jesus Christ, King of Kings, Lord of Lords. On the right side of the license tag is a bumper sticker that has the face of the late actor, John Wayne, and which reads Make America John Wayne Again. What makes this ironic is that the title of @kkdumez.bsky.social's recent book which is a cultural critique of the American evangelical Christian Church's decades long descent into a sort of faux patriarchy that rebrands Jesus of Nazareth as a dude who would drive monster trucks and hang out with the Bros in the locker room telling rude jokes is titled 'Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation'. It's very much worth your time both if you are in a Christian tradition and perhaps, especially if you're not and are baffled by the rise of a strange sort of Christianity that has become dominant in one of the major American political parties.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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convocation.bsky.social
Just dropped @convocation.bsky.social —Trump’s Drumbeat of Violence and Christian Nationalism.
Our latest episode w/
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Trump’s Drumbeat of Violence and Christian Nationalism
Plus, the latest writing from the Convocation Unscripted team.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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1. Since I get asked about this: I think this is both a reasonable position and one I deeply disagree with — bc it's not a standard we apply to other political terms.

E.g., you'll get different answers if you ask folks to define "liberal" too — but we still use it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
What are some of the thorny editorial issues and judgment calls that you’ve had to wrestle with? DIAS: I recently did a story with our colleague Jane Bradley about how a Christian legal group that helped end Roe v. Wade is advancing the anti-abortion cause in the United Kingdom. At one point, a colleague suggested we use the phrase “Christian nationalism” in a headline. But that’s not a phrase we used in the story, and it’s actually not a phrase Ruth and I have used so far in our voice elsewhere, for a variety of reasons. I want to push on this — some Americans believe the phrase “Christian nationalism” is a factual one to describe the worldview of others, and some of our news articles have featured experts using the phrase about other people. GRAHAM: We’ve thought really carefully about “Christian nationalism.” It’s a term that was originally used by academics and by activists who were critical of the movement they described that way. And very few people used the term to describe their own beliefs. That’s actually changing now, but it’s still essentially people reclaiming what they understand to be a slur. I also think if you asked 10 people what it means, you would get 10 definitions. So for now, I find it more helpful for readers to tell them what a person says and does, rather than to impose a label that would actually be less informative.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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TONIGHT: Hear from PRRI Senior Democracy Fellows @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social, @kkdumez.bsky.social, and @jemartisby.bsky.social at 7:00 PM at “A Revolution of Values: Confronting the Triple Evils of Our Time,” presented by the King Center
Tune in:
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A Revolution of Values: Confronting The Triple Evils of Our Time
YouTube video by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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“Epstein is at the heart of the MAGA movement.” Writes @kkdumez.bsky.social

That one sentence alone just absolutely explains why all of us with “TDS” had such a visceral reaction the moment the man rode that escalator. I think something in us knew how deep and dark this all was.
Epstein is the key
Exposing the plan
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November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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profmmurray.bsky.social
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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ebetania.bsky.social
Come for the myriad Bluesky references, stay for the #hotpriest(s)
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Turning up the heat
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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daralind.bsky.social
Chicago really sending only its most handsome faith leaders for these gigs huh
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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convocation.bsky.social
Latest podcast episode just posted! Our take on the meaning of the 2025 election results: the surprising, the practical, and the big picture.
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The Most Important 2025 Election Result: Evidence that an Authoritarian Future is Not Inevitable
Plus the latest writing from the Convocation team
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November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a moment captured in a Life magazine cover photo, died last month. He was 74.
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74
A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine after the 1970 shooting.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
kkdumez.bsky.social
Cover of my next book just dropped.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
kkdumez.bsky.social
I can’t remember when a book has made me laugh this hard. Maybe never.
johnfugelsang.bsky.social John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 25d
Weds Nov 12 in Washington DC - SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE, the tour, hits Union Stage.
All tickets come w/a hardcover copy of the book.

Come join us as we film a book tour, with standup, in a rock club. tickets - UnionStagePresents.Com
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Faith leaders — as well as faith-based food banks — have long argued they absolutely cannot independently handle the raw number of people currently served by government food assistance programs.

They argued it again last week in Congress, calling the idea a "lie". religionnews.com/2025/10/30/f...
Barber also railed against the idea that food banks and churches could step in to fill the gap left if SNAP benefits expire, saying it’s a “lie” perpetrated by devotees of “extremism, religious nationalism and MAGA.” Impoverished Americans are being hit with a growing list of problems created by lawmakers, he said. “One minute you can’t eat. The next minute you can’t get your medicine. One minute you’re scared to go to the hospital. The next minute, you’ve got to pay higher prices, then somebody dies — because food and health and health care are all connected,” Barber, who himself suffers from a chronic illness, said in an interview. “You’re creating anxiety, you’re creating burdens.” In a separate interview with Religion News Service, Stoess said a series of GOP-led policy decisions are having a compounding effect on impoverished people in his community. In addition to hosting traditional worship services, his Church of the Promise has long offered a pay-what-you-can restaurant, a nonprofit construction group to help build housing, an outreach effort to unhoused people, an addiction recovery program and early childhood development programming, he said. Stoess said members of his staff broke down in tears this week as they began reckoning with the reality that SNAP benefits will likely expire for many they serve. Meanwhile, food banks across the country, many of which are faith-based, are bracing for a massive increase in people seeking food if SNAP benefits expire. Stoess joined others in warning that outfits like his likely will not be able to handle the influx of people seeking services, should the benefits expire. He said that while many people pay for food at his church’s restaurant by offering to clean dishes, the number offering to do so has risen throughout the year — and likely will increase even more if SNAP benefits dry up.
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
Sharing a special sneak peek of the audiobook of "A Beautiful Year." The reflection explores the spirituality of All Souls Day.

Friendly warning: You may get teary.

"A Beautiful Year" releases on 11/4.

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Sunday Musings
All Hallows' Eve, Reformation Day, All Saints, and All Souls! So many holy days!
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November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A conversation from the Convocation Unscripted:

Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year

You'll be surprised by the relevance of this discussion to these hard days.

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Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year
Grab your copy of Diana's new book!
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November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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NEW from me: Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses religious freedom concerns of clergy who have been shot by DHS/ICE with pepper balls, pepper rounds, or rubber bullets, insisting he hasn't heard about such incidents despite being asked about one earlier this month. religionnews.com/2025/10/29/s...
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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tlecaque.bsky.social
In all fairness, depicting ICE as Mel Gibson makes a lot of sense.
craigipedia.bsky.social Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 29d
America... boy, I dunno.
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
kkdumez.bsky.social
Spokane friends, im coming your way! Tomorrow, at Whitworth : favs.news/whitworth-20...
Whitworth Unveils Kobes Du Mez in Christian Speaker Series
Kristen Kobes Du Mez headlines Whitworth’s 2025-26 Christian Faith & Learning series, joined by experts in neuroscience, ethics, and post-#MeToo culture.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
kkdumez.bsky.social
This should be fun.
September 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I've been asking for at least the last 5 years: "If I were in 1933 Germany, what could I have been doing to be a faithful Jesus-follower?"
This book is exactly the guide I've been wishing someone would write. It's _On Tyranny_ for Christians. Read it.

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Fall Big Read with Hanna Reichel and Kristin Kobes Du Mez
YouTube video by Institute for Christian Studies
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September 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM