Militant masculinity was exported from evangelical churches to the military and back

Evidence

IN COLORADO SPRINGS, militant masculinity was entrenched within the heart of American evangelicalism. From the evangelical bastions of New Life Church and Focus on the Family, this militant faith was exported to the military itself. Meanwhile, military men were refashioning Christianity in their own image, and offering their own brand of militant evangelicalism for broader consumption. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 493

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes a two-way channel: evangelical institutions exporting militant faith to the military, and military men reshaping Christianity for evangelical consumption.