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The Church Impotent

The Feminization of Christianity

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An edition of The Church Impotent (1999)

The Church Impotent

The Feminization of Christianity

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The current preoccupation with the role of women in the church obscures the more serious problem of the perennial absence of men. A Provocative new book argues that Western churches have become "women's clubs," that the emasculation of Christianity is dangerous for the church and society, and that a masculine presence can and must be restored. After documenting the highly feminized state of Western Christianity, Dr. Podles identifies the masculine traits that once characterized the Christian life but are now commonly considered incompatible with it.

In an original and challenging account, he traces feminization to three contemporaneous medieval sources: the writings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the rise of scholasticism, and the expansion of female monasticism. He contends that though masculinity has been marginalized within Christianity, it cannot be expunged from human society. If detached from Christianity, it reappears as a substitute religion, with unwholesome and even horrific consequences. The church, too, is diminished by its emasculation. Its spirituality becomes individualistic and erotic, tending toward universalism and quietism. In his concluding assessment of the future of men in the church, Dr. Podles examines three aspects of Christianity-through which its virility might be restored. In the otherwise stale and overworked field of "gender studies," The Church Impotent is the only book to confront the lopsidedly feminine cast of modern Christianity with a profound analysis of its historical and sociological roots. Dr. Podles presents the fruit of his meticulous scholarship in a lucid and readable style thoroughly accessible to the non-specialist.

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Spence Pub.
Language
English
Pages
288

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Table of Contents

Introduction: A Personal Note
1. Armies of Women
2. Can a Man Be a Christian?
3. What is Masculinity?
4. God and Man in Judaism: Fathers and the Father-God
5. God and Man in Early Christianity: Sons in the Son
6. The Foundations of Feminization
7. Feminized Christianity
8. Countercurrents
9. Masculinity as Religion: Transcendence and Nihilism
10. The Future of Men in the Church
Notes and Bibliography

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Includes bibliographical references p. 256-279) and index.

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Dallas

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
270/.081
Library of Congress
BT702 .P63 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 288 p. ;
Number of pages
288

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL359158M
Internet Archive
churchimpotentfe00podl
ISBN 10
1890626074
ISBN 13
9781890626075
LCCN
98019150
OCLC/WorldCat
39130335
Library Thing
514773
Goodreads
4345853

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