Hell in a Cell: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Reflects the Growing Belief That Cocksure Men Will Save Us in the Battle of Good v. Evil
Although it was a financial success, The Pope’s Exorcist, featuring a virile Russell Crowe as…
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The Wrong Man: Why Falwell’s Paying for His Indiscretion But Trump Gets a Pass
When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry…
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How Religion Shaped American Jewish Masculinity
What inspired you to write Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism? There’s a story I…
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The Children of Bellow and Roth: New Book of Short Fiction Takes On the Male Jewish Experience
“I’m unbelievably bored writing about Judaism as a journalist,” author Gordon Haber said during a…
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Orlando Tragedy and the Tangled History of Jihad and Homosexuality
The first jihad of the modern era was not against the West, but against gay Muslims.
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The Loneliness of Men: A Father’s Day Reflection
This year, Father’s Day comes just a week after the Orlando tragedy—seven days of mourning, of national…
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Militias, Trump, Guns, and ISIS: Too much Masculinity?
Masculinity made the news again. We see it in the standoff between a self-described militia and…
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“Muscular Christianity” Not to Blame For Driscoll: A Response
When I began attending Mars Hill Church in 2006, its main facility in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood…
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Blame Muscular Christianity for Driscoll Fiasco
If you even nominally follow the world of evangelical Christianity, you already know that superstar…
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Conservative Christianity’s “Come to Jesus” Moment in Wake of Elliot Rodger Shootings
In the wake of the tragic massacre at UCSB on Friday night in which Elliott Rodger murdered…
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