

Du Mez began writing the book in 2005 when she began teaching at Calvin University.


Her father was a Reformed theologian at Dordt University and her mother was a Dutch immigrant and teacher. Du Mez grew up in a community of Dutch immigrants located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The book has been released in hard cover and paperback. The book covers the history of American evangelicalism and discusses evangelical views on masculinity. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation is a book written by Kristin Kobes Du Mez and published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. Not to be confused with the song Jesus and John Wayne by the Gaither Vocal Band.
