Jessica Johnson

Jessica Johnson is a Lecturer at the University of Washington in the Departments of Anthropology and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. She is writing a book based on eight years of ethnographic research on Mars Hill Church entitled, Biblical Porn: Gender, Sexuality, and Evangelical Empire.

Archive, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 16, 2018

#Churchtoo: Apology of Evangelical Pastor Accused of Sexual Assault Shows Why Sorry Isn’t Enough

By Jessica Johnson

As the #metoo movement shines a necessary, long overdue light on men in the workplace…

Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderDecember 26, 2017

Dear Timothy Keller: The “Evangelical” Problem isn’t Pollsters

By Jessica Johnson

In response to the public identity crisis voiced by some white evangelicals since Donald Trump’s…

(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderMarch 8, 2016

How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support

By Jessica Johnson

If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of…

(A)theologies, Archive, CultureSeptember 29, 2014

Christians and Cage Fighting, From “Fight Church” to Mark Driscoll

By Jessica Johnson

The pastors who promote MMA describe it as a sport through which to recapture man’s “God given attributes” of “aggressiveness” and “competitiveness.” I couldn’t help but think of Mark Driscoll.

Archive, Culture, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesAugust 28, 2014

“Muscular Christianity” Not to Blame For Driscoll: A Response

By Jessica Johnson

When I began attending Mars Hill Church in 2006, its main facility in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood…