The Seekers Book Study

The Seekers is a study group that are searching for ways to understand the divine via the reading of books and watching videos by progressive theologians.

Carl Jung noted that when religious people move beyond childhood, they struggle with the image of God ‘up there’ in heaven. This class explores different ways to understand the divine which resonate better for those who have gone beyond the God image of our younger selves.

Classes meet on Sundays at 9:00 AM, in room 323 and on Zoom. All are welcome to join the conversation.
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Our Next Book

Jesus and John Wayne by Kristien Kobes du Mez

Here is what Publisher’s Weekly says of the book:

“Historian Du Mez (A New Gospel for Women) explains white evangelical support for Trump in this engaging history of the shifting ideal of Christian masculinity. Starting in the early 20th century, white Christian men followed charismatic preachers in striving for a muscular, militant masculinity. For Du Mez, the growth of Christian publishing and popular culture in the mid-century reinforced the sense that evangelicals were at war with liberal social movements like feminism and civil rights.

9/11, she argues, revitalized the extreme warrior ideal for evangelical men and curtailed the softer patriarchy fostered by the Promise Keeper rallies of the 1990s. The recent growth of homeschooling and Quiverfull (child-centric evangelical theology) and evangelicals’ suspicion of Obama are also explored.

Persuasively arguing that the evangelical dismissal of Trump’s flaws is the culmination of believing that “God-given testosterone came with certain side effects,” Du Mez closes with a bruising chapter on recent evangelical leaders’ abuses and sex scandals, such as those involving Mark Driscoll, Ted Haggard, and C.J. Mahaney.

This lucid, potent history adds a much needed religious dimension to understanding the current American right and the rise of Trump.”