{"id":1301,"date":"2021-11-15T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/candlerdigitallearning\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:29:45","slug":"contemporary-cultural-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/candlerdigitallearning\/contemporary-cultural-item\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Cultural Item with Jesus and John Wayne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Book cover from https:\/\/kristindumez.com\/books\/jesus-and-john-wayne\/<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor of American Religious History, Alison Greene, teaches a course called “History of Christianity in America.” In her course, she assigns a cultural analysis project through the lens of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation<\/em> by Kristen Kobes Du Mez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this text, Du Mez provides a history of 20th century gender and evangelicalism. Students are asked to choose a “contemporary cultural item” – aligning with or resisting this framework by Du Mez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this look like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a 750-1000 word essay, Dr. Greene invites her students to engage with Du Mez and follow her framework as they provide an analysis of their contemporary cultural item – “an object, a film, a meme – the sky’s the limit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary Cultural Item Rubric:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n