Aaron, this is good stuff. I think you should package this, along with some of the Masculinist stuff into a book. I’d buy it, so that’s one copy sold. I think you are right to point out that in Evangelical circles it is man wrt woman, but rarely does one speak about man wrt to men. Likely this is because we don’t see church as a communion of men for reasons you’ve explored at length.
This is a little off topic, but what struck me is that woman are judged by whether they have children or not because it is a self sacrifice. But now with abortion (legalized infanticide), a woman can choose to be selfish.
Interesting thoughts as usual, though I'd be more supportive of greater focus on the gifts of the Spirit that make believers more like Christ, rather than arbitrary virtues attached to "gender"....
My audience was college students, and virtually my entire readership is college educated. But yes, somebody needs to translate these into a blue collar idiom and other such walks of life.
Not all are distinctively masculine, but even where not, they are typically expressed by men in a masculine register.
Aaron, this is good stuff. I think you should package this, along with some of the Masculinist stuff into a book. I’d buy it, so that’s one copy sold. I think you are right to point out that in Evangelical circles it is man wrt woman, but rarely does one speak about man wrt to men. Likely this is because we don’t see church as a communion of men for reasons you’ve explored at length.
This is a little off topic, but what struck me is that woman are judged by whether they have children or not because it is a self sacrifice. But now with abortion (legalized infanticide), a woman can choose to be selfish.
Interesting thoughts as usual, though I'd be more supportive of greater focus on the gifts of the Spirit that make believers more like Christ, rather than arbitrary virtues attached to "gender"....
Of course I have long been concerned about developing virtues in myself. Often regarding their emergence as a miracle on the level of a restored limb.
My sins are ever before me…
My audience was college students, and virtually my entire readership is college educated. But yes, somebody needs to translate these into a blue collar idiom and other such walks of life.
Not all are distinctively masculine, but even where not, they are typically expressed by men in a masculine register.