Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Jesus and John Wayne

How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
2020 • 356 pages

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