Presenting my It Has to Be Read. selection for the month of May, 2025, Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood by Rev. Angela Denker
I started listening thinking this might be another polite critique of American Christianity’s little racism problem. You know, the kind that asks, “Could we maybe not crucify democracy this election cycle?”
But no—Angela Denker went in.
She names it: White Jesus isn’t just bad theology. He’s a cultural weapon. A weapon handed to scared boys and told, This is your savior. Protect him at all costs—even from the real Jesus.
This episode should be required listening for anyone still confusing Christ with Clint Eastwood.
Because if your Jesus always votes with empire, hoards guns, and calls mercy “weakness”… You’re not following a savior. You’re following a brand.
I started listening thinking this might be another polite critique of American Christianity’s little racism problem. You know, the kind that asks, “Could we maybe not crucify democracy this election cycle?”
But no—Angela Denker went in.
She names it: White Jesus isn’t just bad theology. He’s a cultural weapon. A weapon handed to scared boys and told, This is your savior. Protect him at all costs—even from the real Jesus.
This episode should be required listening for anyone still confusing Christ with Clint Eastwood.
Because if your Jesus always votes with empire, hoards guns, and calls mercy “weakness”… You’re not following a savior. You’re following a brand.
And it’s got blood on it.
Bless this sacred unmasking. —Virgin Monk Boy