The Church Impotent

Author : Leon J. Podles
Publisher : Spence Publishing Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Masculinity
ISBN : PSU:000044301460

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The Church Impotent by Leon J. Podles Pdf

The current preoccupation with the role of women in the church obscures the more serious problem of the perennial absence of men. This provocative 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. 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. Dr. Podles concludes by considering how Christianity's 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.

Author : Sidney Dark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : LCCN:41021843

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The Church, Impotent Or Triumphant by Sidney Dark Pdf

Author : W. H. T. N. Rainey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Church and the world
ISBN : PRNC:32101065972489

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The Church Impotent Here in Earth by W. H. T. N. Rainey Pdf

Author : Leon J. Podles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 158731505X

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Losing the Good Portion by Leon J. Podles Pdf

"Few books have explored in depth the lack of men in the churches. Podles' book The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity was the first book-length attempt to examine this phenomenon. David Murrow's Why Men Hate Going to Church was a popular presentation of Podles' material. Marta Trzebiatowska's and Steve Bruce's short Why Are Women More Religious than Men? confines itself almost entirely to modern British and American examples. Losing the Good Portion: Why Men Are Alienated from Christianity explores the causes and consequences of the almost millennium-old disparity between the participation of lay men and lay women in the churches of Western Christianity. Podles considers both the anecdotal and statistical evidence for the lack of men: sermons, church rolls, censuses, and sociological analyses. Podles sees the intellectual roots of lack of men in the Aristotelian understanding of male and female as active and passive, an understanding which has formed all discussion of masculinity and femininity, from Aquinas through Schleiermacher, Barth, and Hans Urs von Balthasar, all of whom saw femininity as more compatible with Christianity than masculinity. Men, according to anthropologists and psychologists, go through a difficult process to attain masculinity and therefore distance themselves from threats to that masculine identity, including Christianity. Men suspected the clergy was effeminate and sexually irregular. Historians of violence have examined the decline in violence in Europe and the civilizing role of the clergy, a role which further alienated men and led to violent anticlericalism Podles examines the presentation of Jesus' masculinity in Scripture and images of Jesus' masculinity in art, the role of thumos in spirituality, and the various movements that have helped keep men connected to the churches. He makes suggestions for possible outreach to men"--

Author : Leon J. Podles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Child sexual abuse by clergy
ISBN : 0979027993

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Sacrilege by Leon J. Podles Pdf

Sacrilege explores the deep roots of the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse scandal, revealing its full depth and breadth. In horrifying yet necessary detail, former federal investigator Leon Podles surveys the full extent of the damage, showing how victims were failed by bishops, laity, therapists, police, courts, press, and even popes. Examining the history behind today's headlines, Dr. Podles reveals how centuries-old theological errors encouraged blind submission to hierarchy, by making obedience to authority the highest virtue. He also shines a light on the new theological errors, popularized since Vatican II, that glorify every type of sexual expression--including pedophilia. Sacrilege will prove an essential resource for all those concerned with the history and future of Catholicism.

Author : David Murrow
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780849949814

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Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow Pdf

“Church is boring.” “It’s irrelevant.” “It’s full of hypocrites.” You’ve heard the excuses—now learn the real reasons men and boys are fleeing churches of every kind, all over the world, and what we can do about it. Women comprise more than 60% of the adults in a typical worship service in America. Some overseas congregations report ten women for every man in attendance. Men are less likely to lead, volunteer, and give in the church. They pray less, share their faith less, and read the Bible less. In Why Men Hate Going to Church, David Murrow identifies the barriers keeping many men from going to church, explains why it’s so hard to motivate the men who do attend, and also takes you inside several fast-growing congregations that are winning the hearts of men and boys. In this completely revised, reorganized, and rewritten edition of the classic book, with more than 70 percent new content, explore topics like: The increase and decrease in male church attendance during the past 500 years Why Christian churches are more feminine even though men are often still the leaders The difference between the type of God men and women like to worship The lack of volunteering and ministry opportunities for men The benefits men get from attending church regularly Men need the church but, more importantly, the church needs men. The presence of enthusiastic men is one of the surest predictors of church health, growth, giving, and expansion. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to church—it calls the church back to men.

Author : Byron Forrest Yawn
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736950428

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Suburbianity by Byron Forrest Yawn Pdf

Rick Warren famously wrote, “It’s not about you.” But much of the Western church seems to disagree, having settled for a self-centered message of personal fulfillment. With incisiveness and a passionate love for the church, pastor and author Byron Forrest Yawn offers a compelling call away from narcissism and back to the powerful and transforming gospel of Jesus. He shows the difference between... Sunday-morning life coaches selling self-help seminars, and preachers proclaiming God’s redemptive work through Christ promises of prosperity and comfort, and a realistic and helpful perspective on suffering escape from unbelievers and their godless world, and redemptive engagement with people As Byron exposes the false gospel of “suburbianity,” he offers readers a better alternative: to look beyond themselves and embrace God’s call to be His image-bearers and ambassadors, partnering with Him as He restores people and all creation to His original design.

Author : Angus McLaren
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780226500935

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Impotence by Angus McLaren Pdf

As anyone who has watched television in recent years can attest, we live in the age of Viagra. From Bob Dole to Mike Ditka to late-night comedians, our culture has been engaged in one long, frank, and very public talk about impotence—and our newfound pharmaceutical solutions. But as Angus McLaren shows us in Impotence, the first cultural history of the subject, the failure of men to rise to the occasion has been a recurrent topic since the dawn of human culture. Drawing on a dazzling range of sources from across centuries, McLaren demonstrates how male sexuality was constructed around the idea of potency, from times past when it was essential for the purpose of siring children, to today, when successful sex is viewed as a component of a healthy emotional life. Along the way, Impotence enlightens and fascinates with tales of sexual failure and its remedies—for example, had Ditka lived in ancient Mesopotamia, he might have recited spells while eating roots and plants rather than pills—and explanations, which over the years have included witchcraft, shell-shock, masturbation, feminism, and the Oedipal complex. McLaren also explores the surprising political and social effects of impotence, from the revolutionary unrest fueled by Louis XVI’s failure to consummate his marriage to the boost given the fledgling American republic by George Washington’s failure to found a dynasty. Each age, McLaren shows, turns impotence to its own purposes, using it to help define what is normal and healthy for men, their relationships, and society. From marraige manuals to metrosexuals, from Renaissance Italy to Hollywood movies, Impotence is a serious but highly entertaining examination of a problem that humanity has simultaneously regarded as life’s greatest tragedy and its greatest joke.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89062388509

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The Living Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael S. Rose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621574279

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Goodbye, Good Men by Michael S. Rose Pdf

Goodbye, Good Men uncovers how radical liberalism has infiltrated the Catholic Church, overthrowing traditional beliefs, standards, and disciplines.

Author : Travis Dickinson
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781535983266

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Logic and the Way of Jesus by Travis Dickinson Pdf

In Logic and the Way of Jesus, philosophy professor Travis Dickinson recaptures the need for a Christian view of reality, highlighting the use of reason and evidence to develop and defend Christian beliefs. He demonstrates how Jesus employed logic in his teachings, surveys the basic concepts of logic, and marries those concepts with practical application. While Dickinson contends that Christians have failed to engage the culture deeply because they have failed to emphasize and value a Christian intellect, he offers encouragement that embracing the life of the Christian mind can impact the world for the cause and kingdom of Christ.

Author : Annie Imbens,Ineke Jonker
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000020428488

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Christianity and Incest by Annie Imbens,Ineke Jonker Pdf

This work reproduces ten interviews with incest survivors, and shows that religion - particularly patriarchal religion that relies heavily on authorized scripture - can be a factor that is conducive to incest. It also offers an approach to pastoral counselling.

Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Church history
ISBN : OXFORD:N10704612

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The Book of the Church by Robert Southey Pdf

Author : Robert Lewis,Rob Wilkins
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310250159

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The Church of Irresistible Influence by Robert Lewis,Rob Wilkins Pdf

Now available in paperback. The inspiring story of how a church showed God's love to a dying culture by building bridges to its neighborhood, community, and world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015074655880

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New Christian Quarterly by Anonim Pdf