Thursday, September 26, 2024

Evangelical women lay bare ...

... perversions of the teachings of Jesus that condemn young women to assaults on their bodies and their self esteem by men empowered by church authority.

The filmmaker, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, has followed up on her best selling book Jesus and John Wayne by collecting these testimonies on film. It's well worth the time of all of us, even if not part of this religious tendency or any religious tendency. This is a short [29 minutes] video that unmasks the intense misogyny which goes along with Christian nationalism and abuse of power. You don't have to be evangelical to know about that.

I am reminded of what South African women sang against apartheid: "You have struck a woman; you have struck a rock ..."

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