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<\/a><\/span>The following clip comes from an informed blog by Richard Beck, a professor of psychology at Abilene Christian University<\/a>. (You might want to go to the blog to read the whole post.) He examines Mark Driscoll\u2019s male images and \u2026 well, I\u2019ve clipped some concluding material.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\n\nI\u2019ve argued in Thought #1 and #2 that Driscoll should not be so easily dismissed. The question he\u2019s raising\u2013Why are males not more attracted to church?\u2013is worth asking. And one of his diagnoses on this issue\u2013Church leaders are chickified\u2013has some merit to it.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nBut the dark side of Driscoll\u2019s ministry is its chauvinism and misogyny. And this criticism is also valid for certain impulses one finds in the Christian men\u2019s movements. Specifically, the assertion of masculinity implies a suppression of women and a restoration of male power over women. To be a \u201cChristian man\u201d means \u201creclaiming\u201d and \u201ctaking back\u201d leadership roles in both the family and the church. Men use spiritual warrant to assert power over women.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSo the issue we need to raise is this: Does the assertion of masculinity in the church necessarily involve an assertion over against women? Can masculinity be asserted in an egalitarian manner?<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
I think it is possible to recognize gender distinctives without getting into power plays. But I\u2019ll admit that this is rare and hard to do. Too often in the church to be male means to assert power over women. And I think Driscoll is guilty on this score.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/i><\/span>The point is, I don\u2019t mind Driscoll\u2019s focus on trying to reach \u201creal guys.\u201d I think he\u2019s right about this being a demographic that is being lost to most churches. Also, I\u2019m largely in agreement with the diagnosis that chickified church leaders struggle to reach the \u201creal guy\u201d demographic. I say this proudly as a chickified guy who enjoys knitting and writing poetry. So I\u2019m not offended. I see what he\u2019s talking about.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/i><\/span>
<\/i><\/span>But when \u201creal guy\u201d creeps into misogyny, with men asserting power over women through the euphemism of \u201cleadership\u201d, I\u2019m in strong moral disagreement.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following clip comes from an informed blog by Richard Beck, a professor of psychology at Abilene Christian University. (You might want to go to the blog to read the whole post.) He examines Mark Driscoll\u2019s male images and \u2026 well, I\u2019ve clipped some concluding material.\u00a0 What do you think? Are we so polarized about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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