Christian Masculinity
In the mid-nineteenth century, when the idea of religion as a private matter connected to the home and the female sphere won acceptance among the bourgeois elite, Christian religious practices began to be associated with femininity and soft values. Contemporary critics claimed that religion was inco...
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2021
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| description | In the mid-nineteenth century, when the idea of religion as a private matter connected to the home and the female sphere won acceptance among the bourgeois elite, Christian religious practices began to be associated with femininity and soft values. Contemporary critics claimed that religion was incompatible with true manhood, and today's scholars talk about a feminisation of religion. But was this really the case? What expression did male religious faith take at a time when Christianity was losing its status as the foundation of society?
This is the starting point for the research presented in Christian Masculinity. Here we meet Catholic and Protestant men struggling with and for their Christian faith as priests, missionaries, and laymen, as well as ideas and reflections on Christian masculinity in media, fiction, and correspondence of various kinds. Some men engaged in social and missionary work, or strove to harness the masculine combative spirit to Christian ends, while others were eager to show the male character of Christian virtues. This book not only illustrates the importance of religion for the understanding of gender construction, but also the need to take into consideration confessional and institutional aspects of religious identity. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-719862024-04-09T11:41:38Z Christian Masculinity Werner, Yvonne Maria Religion Christian Church History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups In the mid-nineteenth century, when the idea of religion as a private matter connected to the home and the female sphere won acceptance among the bourgeois elite, Christian religious practices began to be associated with femininity and soft values. Contemporary critics claimed that religion was incompatible with true manhood, and today's scholars talk about a feminisation of religion. But was this really the case? What expression did male religious faith take at a time when Christianity was losing its status as the foundation of society? This is the starting point for the research presented in Christian Masculinity. Here we meet Catholic and Protestant men struggling with and for their Christian faith as priests, missionaries, and laymen, as well as ideas and reflections on Christian masculinity in media, fiction, and correspondence of various kinds. Some men engaged in social and missionary work, or strove to harness the masculine combative spirit to Christian ends, while others were eager to show the male character of Christian virtues. This book not only illustrates the importance of religion for the understanding of gender construction, but also the need to take into consideration confessional and institutional aspects of religious identity. 2021-09-24T04:01:54Z 2021-09-24T04:01:54Z 2021-09-23T05:33:07Z 2021 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50667 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71986 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50667/1/external_content.pdf Leuven University Press Leuven University Press https://doi.org/10.11116/9789461664280 https://doi.org/10.11116/9789461664280 9e472607-bec3-4b15-ba3f-f05039722389 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Leuven University Press open access |
| spellingShingle | Religion Christian Church History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups Christian Masculinity |
| title | Christian Masculinity |
| title_full | Christian Masculinity |
| title_fullStr | Christian Masculinity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Christian Masculinity |
| title_short | Christian Masculinity |
| title_sort | christian masculinity |
| topic | Religion Christian Church History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups |
| topic_facet | Religion Christian Church History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups |
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