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I am loving "Jesus & John Wayne" so I find myself really curious about how this brand of American evangelicalism impacted Canadians like myself. I didn't learn of most of these players until well into my thirties and yet I can see the shadow influence in the churches of my youth.
I'm not an academic (obvs) but I'd love to learn more about how cultural American evangelicalism was lived out in Canada churches, too. Anyone know academics or historians working that space? Eager to learn more.
Basically, I had never heard of a Southern Baptist until I moved to the States back in '97 for a few years and yet the shadow forces of white American evangelicalism were operating in my tiny Canadian churches somehow - pre-internet. I'd love to learn more about this phenomenon.
(As a total side note, I have given thanks a MILLION times that I was raised by an Enneagram 8 who would not be controlled or bossed even by preachers. When weird stuff came through, he always called bullshit. I swear that's what protected me from most purity culture.)
Thanks for the thoughtful replies! I’m wondering if it was a missionary model at work? we had several American church planters arrive in the 80s and 90s. Church leadership rooted in white 
evangelicalism even in Canada plus radio programs? Let alone teaching tapes?
evangelicalism even in Canada plus radio programs? Let alone teaching tapes?
So basically we’ve worked our way back to consumerism and the marketplace and celebrity as discipleship. I hate everything.
