Evangelical identity centered patriarchal power, excluding even a fellow evangelical who lacked it

Evidence

For American evangelicals who had placed patriarchal power at the heart of their cultural and political identity, Carter’s wimp factor was particularly infuriating, and their sense of betrayal acute. After all, Carter was supposed to be one of them—he was a born-again evangelical, a southerner, a Sunday school teacher—and they had helped elect him in order to restore the nation’s firm moral footing in the aftermath of Watergate. He had even served a stint as a naval submariner. Yet it was clear that he was not one of them on the issues that mattered most. For the strong, masculine leadership the country so urgently required, they would need to look elsewhere. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 235