Book Launch Event with Kristin Du Mez: Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Madeat ENT Center for the Arts

Tuesday, September 15th, 6pm – Free to attend!Book Launch Event with Kristin Du Mez: Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made ENT Center for the Arts, Shockley-Zalabak Theater, 5225 N. Nevada Ave. Book signing starts at 4:45. First 75 attendees in line receive a free copy. Books will also be for sale. This is a free event, but attendees must have a ticket (link forthcoming). Book Signing to be held before the event at 5pm. Historian Kristin Du Mez (Calvin University), author of Jesus and John Wayne, will discuss her brand new book, Live Laugh Love. Du Mez introduces us to religious innovators who taught that positivity was the secret to spiritual and material success and reveals how they worked through consumer culture: mommy blogs and romance novels, Hobby Lobby aisles and pastel-scripted wall art. Marketed as empowerment, these products and slogans elevate vulnerability and domesticity, and in the process draw women into systems prone to manipulation and abuse. Hosted by: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Center for the Study of Evangelicalism, Department of Philosophy Additional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/12502600