To sum the book simply, I would say it’s an especially well-written, carefully documented annotation of what. Du Mez says she believes the Christian right is undermining democracy and. Reviewing the perspectives, mindsets, and ideologies integral to the ongoing conflation of religion with politics in the name of Christianity in America was not easy. Her book Jesus and John Wayne takes a look at 75 years of white evangelicalism. She is a graduate of Yale University, where she studied American history and served as editor in chief of the Yale Daily News. For me, reading through Jesus and John Wayne was an arduous task. The gospel summons people to respondto repent, to place faith in Jesus, and be baptized. The gospel centers on the lordship of Jesus. Treisman previously covered business at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and evaluated the credibility of digital news sites for the startup NewsGuard Technologies, which aims to fight misinformation and promote media literacy. The story of Jesushis life, death, resurrection, exaltation, and returnis the completion of Israel’s story. She's also reported for the hourly newscast, curated radio content for the NPR One app, contributed to the daily and coronavirus newsletters, live-blogged 2020 election events and spent the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic tracking every state's restrictions and reopenings. She writes multiple stories a day, covering a wide range of topics both global and domestic, including politics, science, health, education, culture and consumer safety.
She's written hundreds of breaking news and feature stories, which are often among NPR's most-read pieces of the day. Treisman has worn many digital hats since arriving at NPR as a National Desk intern in 2019.
Rachel Treisman (she/her) is a writer and editor for the Morning Edition live blog, which she helped launch in early 2021.