Content by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Far-right evangelicals excused sexual abuse long before Donald Trump
Decades of history show that American evangelicals’ misogynistic doctrines enabled powerful men to mistreat women, often with little consequences
Kristin Kobes Du Mez is Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book is "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation."