We should see it as an opportunity for self-examination. Whatever emotions or responses J&JW provokes in us (“right on” or “shut up”), we should resist the urge to make it such a symbol. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (henceforth J&JW ) is poised to be another symbol for camp categorization between progressives and conservatives. The Communist Manifesto or Road to Serfdom ? Battleground books become symbols of community signaling, “ We don’t read THOSE.
Like preachers, doctrines, politicians and positions, books and authors can become identity markers for sub-cultures, movements and communities. “What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism.” – G.K.
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