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Non-Toxic Masculinity : Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wagner, Zachary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity.
- Masculinity--Biblical teaching.
- Men--Conduct of life.
- Men.
- Christian men--Sexual behavior.
- Christian men.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sex.
- Adult child abuse victims.
- Sexual abuse victims.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : InterVarsity Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Boys will be boys" and purity culture sell the same excuses with a different spin. Can we break the toxic cycle and recover a healthy identity for men? Confronting harmful teaching from the American church that has distorted desire, sex, relationships, and responsibility, Zachary Wagner offers a renewed vision for Christian male sexuality.
- Contents:
- What is "purity culture"? : a brief generational history
- The "great sex" prosperity gospel : and other lies of the Purity Movement
- The dehumanization of men : what is toxic masculinity and where do we see it in the church?
- The dehumanization of women : how women are harmed by fractured masculinity
- Victims of our own desire? : shame and the shadow of male sexuality
- The bible says so : correcting misconceptions about the bible and male sexuality
- The true man : Jesus and the redemption of the male body
- Before you knew you were sexual : boyhood and the formation of male sexuality
- From fight to formation : reframing adolescence and sexual temptation
- You say goodbye, I say hello : dating, romance, and extended singleness
- Act like an adult : maturing the church's culture of masculine sexuality
- The worst sex you've ever had : honeymoon hype and the idolization of marriage
- Learning to love : reflections on marital sex
- Fatherhood : the chief end of male sexuality
- Death and resurrection : the beauty of redeemed masculinity.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wagner, Zachary Non-Toxic Masculinity
- ISBN:
- 9781514005033
- OCLC:
- 1356576503
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