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Conservative Christian leader James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, died Thursday. The evangelical leader was a child psychologist by training and grew to prominence through his parenting advice on broadcast and in books. However, his prominence was not without controversy.
Host Scott Tong speaks to Calvin University professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.”
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