Boys will be boys, and other myths: unravelling biblical masculinities
"Throughout history, we have exalted and theologised about men like Adam or David to the point where we have become oblivious to the fact that they are far from perfect role models for Christian manhood. Failing to read scripture properly, we have used it to shape a distorted understanding of m...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
SCM Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | ¿Siempre lo mismo? Sobre… "los muchachos siempre serán los muchachos" (2023)
[Rezension von: Moore, Will, Boys will be boys, and other myths : unravelling biblical masculinities] (2023) (Loades, Ann, 1938 - 2022) |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Masculinity in the Bible
B Masculinité dans la Bible B Hommes dans la Bible B Men in the Bible |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Throughout history, we have exalted and theologised about men like Adam or David to the point where we have become oblivious to the fact that they are far from perfect role models for Christian manhood. Failing to read scripture properly, we have used it to shape a distorted understanding of masculinity. Stretching from issues of violence, emotional and sexual abuse, the desire for power, homophobia, and the suppression of emotions, Will Moore draws from scholarship, personal stories, and popular culture to offer an honest and accessible insight into the toxic myths which frame how we read scripture. Only when we expose these myths, he argues, can we start to see the authentic men staring straight back at us from the pages of our bibles, and be able to reshape the way in which we produce Christian men today, tackling the violence that is being done by men to themselves and others." |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0334063000 |