The heroic evangelical man was invariably white and defended against nonwhite men

Evidence

In this way, the evangelicalism that gained respectability and prominence in Cold War America cannot be separated from its southern roots. Ideals of evangelical masculinity that manifested during this period reflect this formative influence. Some proponents of Christian masculinity praised Confederate generals and defended the institution of slavery, but for many, the racial subtext was more subtle. Invariably, however, the heroic Christian man was a white man, and not infrequently a white man who defended against the threat of nonwhite men and foreigners. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 93

Categorization

• DEFINE: Central to the book’s definition of evangelical masculinity as whiteness-coded — the reader must hold onto this to assess the ‘dominant strand’ contest.
• XREF: connects to: Medgar Evers’ assassin was an actively churchgoing white supremacist — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 132