Book Clubs at Christ Church

Non Fiction Book Club

We will take a break over the summer so our next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to discuss Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes du Mez.  Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism—or in the words of one modern chaplain, with “a spiritual badass.” … the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in contemporary American evangelicalism.  … Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. And evangelical culture is teeming with muscular heroes—mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of 'Christian America.' Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne, an icon of a lost time when men were uncowed by political correctness, unafraid to tell it like it was, and did what needed to be done.  (www.wwnorton.com)

Our meetings are in a hybrid format with in-person attendance and via Zoom. Zoom information will be distributed before each meeting.  To get more information about the book club, to be added to our distribution list or to suggest a book discussion, please get in touch with Jim Baroody (jimbaroody@gmail.com).

Women's Book Club

Women’s Book Club 

Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 pm Fellowship Room and on Zoom

We'll be sharing thoughts about The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo.  The following is from the MCLS website where many copies and formats are available to borrow.

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking.

New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. Epic in scope and full of singular, unforgettable characters, The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true. For more information please contact Pam Burch, pburch1@rochester.rr.com.