The CaPC Digest 89: At Peace and War with Manhood with Abby Perry and Kathryn Watson

Drew Dixon is joined by Abby Perry and Kathryn Watson to discuss the conflicting ideas of “manhood” in evangelicalism from their co-authored article, Rearing Boys to Be Peacemakers in a World Bent on War.

Rearing Boys to Be Peacemakers in a World Bent on War

When we talk about toxic masculinity, this is what we mean: the mindset calling men to the worldly honor of physical dominance, at the expense of humility and grace.

Gators and Puppies: What Geeks Are Learning About Gender

Millions of geeks, male and female—regardless of gender—are all telling stories, playing games, making movies, and drawing comic books that portray a better world.

Men Don’t Dig on Dancing

Straight white men don’t dance because we take ourselves too seriously. It would be healthy for us to add dancing back to our vision of manhood.

Not Every Man Really Lives: The 20-Year Impact of ‘Braveheart’

‘Braveheart’ is more than just a great story well-told. It gives a framework for manhood that stands the test of time.

Ordinary Heroes: A Manhood Bestowed

In the Kingdom of God, a man isn’t a man because of his ability to buy into an ideal. A man is a man solely because God has called him “son.”

CAPC Magazine, September 2015: Walk Like a Man

What does it mean to be a man? This issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine tries to sort it out.

‘Better Call Saul’: What Makes a Man?

The central theme of ‘Better Call Saul’—Jimmy’s (later Saul) struggle with his identity as a man—takes the show to its loftiest heights.

Pajama Boy is Everything That’s Wrong with American Manhood! (and Other Misconceptions)

How did an ad for Obamacare mutate into a debate over masculinity?

Can Driscoll’s Army of SuperMen Save the Church From Death and Destruction?

Do evangelical calls for Church-saving supermen encourage imitations of Christ or of worldly “masculine” behavior?