Militant masculinity anchored white evangelical cultural identity before partisan mobilization

Evidence

Finding comfort and courage in symbols of a mythical past, evangelicals looked to a rugged, heroic masculinity embodied by cowboys, soldiers, and warriors to point the way forward. For decades to come, militant masculinity (and a sweet, submissive femininity) would remain entrenched in the evangelical imagination, shaping conceptions of what was good and true. By the 1980s, evangelicals were able to mobilize so effectively as a partisan political force because they already participated in a shared cultural identity. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 29

Categorization

• XREF: Militant masculinity as organizing cultural identity parallels the reader’s reading from One Square Inch and Soundscape about identity formation through ambient cultural media. — connects to: Trump’s conduct consecrates the white male supremacy entrenched in traditional values — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 293