A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity

Kristin Kobes Du Mez with Pete Enns and Jared Byas

Kristin Kobes Du Mez traces how ideals of militant Christian masculinity were shaped by American culture and used to consolidate religious power.

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STARTING FRAMEHistorical critique of American evangelicalism

EXPLORESChurch, Power & Institution

ENGAGEMENT EFFORTApproachable

REVIEW DEPTHL2 · Inner Atlas Reviewed

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Good starting place if…

You want historical context for why masculinity, authority, and politics became tightly joined in parts of American evangelicalism.

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This 2025 reissue revisits a 2021 conversation and takes a critical stance toward toxic masculinity and evangelical power. It does not represent all evangelical communities or all Christian views of gender.