That Victorian view changed at the beginning of the 20th century as a more muscular Christianity that included rugged individualism and militancy took hold.Īnd it wasn’t just conservative Christians who were “embedded in muscular Christianity but liberal Protestants” as well after World War I, DuMez said.įollowing World War II, things “started to fall into place.” And men were seen as gentlemen, capable of self restraint, who had a duty to protect women, children and their slaves, she said. In the 1800s, Evangelicals were part of a patriarchal society with distinct gender roles. She began with a history of Evangelicals and the country, noting the belief held by many Evangelicals that America was created as a Christian nation.
“Things were not always the way they are now,” said Kristin Kobes DuMez, who has garnered critical and international acclaim with her book, “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.”ĭuMez, a professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, was invited to speak at a Zoom meeting Monday, as part of the Reid Knox Forum, a series created by a group of Alma College faculty and community members to address important issues. Meanwhile, across the room, Heather takes a moment to thank Colt for everything he’s done to protect her.Christian Evangelicals have changed in the last few centuries. Mary and Luke eventually convene at Maggie’s Christmas Eve party, where she accepts his offer to go on a proper first date. offered her a plea bargain - probation and an ankle monitor instead of jail time - and she took it. Earlier on that same day, Mary visits Joanne to pay back her bail. Luke isn’t the only one beginning to put the pieces of his life back together. And it f-king scares me, because I have a hundred moments like that.” The support group leader thanks Luke for his share, then Luke says that he’ll be back again next week. He killed himself a couple days ago, I imagine, because of moments like that. I assume it’s the same for Koosh - or it was. “We kick down this door, and Asif is standing there on the other side, pointing a gun at me… He shot and missed me, so Koosh took him out… and there’s just not really a day that goes by that I don’t see his face. Then, on one fateful day, “my unit was asked to lead an assault on some insurgents,” Luke recalls. There, the PTSD-stricken Army vet tells the story of an Iraqi fruit vendor named Asif, a “really good dude” who “used to sneak fruit to the kids that couldn’t afford it.” Worried that he’ll suffer the same fate, Luke asks Beau to accompany him to his first veterans’ support group meeting. At the start of the episode, his cousin reveals that Koosh killed himself. 2.Ĭolt also finds out that Luke suffered a devastating loss. A pregnancy test reveals that she’s not in fact expecting, but the false alarm gets them thinking about Baby No. While moving into their new house, Abby tells Colt that she thinks she might be pregnant. Getting Lisa to drop the suit isn’t Colt’s only concern. When Colt breaks the news to Beau, the typically stoic rancher gets up from his chair, hugs his boy and tells him how much he loves him. Beau and Joanne will get to keep the ranch, and Colt will return to the family business again, while he and Abby continue to live on the Peterson property.
She also needs clean cows, so Colt cuts her deal: He sells her his livestock in exchange for Iron River. When Colt presents Lisa with his findings, she is forced to drop the suit. Its tracking information places it at the Mooney ranch a week before it impregnated half of his herd. He then needs confirmation that the photo was taken before the steer moseyed on over to Iron River.Ĭolt eventually has an epiphany: He can use Rooster’s old login credentials to sign onto the Neumann’s Hill database and check the bull’s geotag. First he finds a picture of Lisa and her bull on the Mooney ranch, which recently suffered a trich outbreak.
In order to get Lisa Neumann to drop the lawsuit against him, Colt needs to prove that her prize bull infected his heifers. The Netflix comedy reaches its natural conclusion with its eighth and final part, which finds Luke opening up about his mental health and Colt making the ultimate save.