Perhaps I’m a particularly needy reader, but if Du Mez hopes to persuade skeptical readers, you wouldn’t guess it from the book.
However, despite the good I see in Du Mez’ work, I have to admit my mixed feelings about it. Every evangelical needs to wrestle with this book.īut I also think Jamie Carlson‘s largely critical, often courageous, and honest review of the book at Mere Orthodoxy raises some great points. I sung the book’s praises in my interview with Du Mez in Episode 73 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast and I stand by those words. It’s a strong book that says things about the recent history of American evangelicalism that should have been said a long time ago. If social media is any indication, everyone loves Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book Jesus and John Wayne.
