Nancy Pearcey on Her New Book, The Toxic War on Masculinity

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🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Today’s ID the Future spotlights the new book The Toxic War on Masculinity, by author and scholar Nancy Pearcey, professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. In her conversation with host Andrew McDiarmid, Pearcey argues against the current fashion of seeing masculinity as inherently toxic. She traces the tendency back to Darwinism and explains how the industrial revolution, working hand in glove with secularism, fueled toxic masculinity at the expense of virtuous masculinity. Tune in for the stimulating discussion and to hear what Pearcey offers as an antidote to the war on virtuous masculinity.

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0:00.0	I.
0:02.0	I D the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Welcome to I. the Future. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Is
0:16.9	masculinity dangerous and destructive? Is it toxic? How did this idea permeate
0:22.4	throughout our culture?
0:24.0	Today I'm speaking with Professor Nancy Piercy, Professor and Scholar and Residence at Houston Baptist
0:29.5	University and a fellow of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
0:34.0	She is author of Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science,
0:37.3	saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth.
0:41.5	We're going to discuss her latest book, The Toxic War on Masculinity, how Christianity
0:46.4	reconciles the sexes, published by Baker Books. The book tells the story of how secularism
0:52.3	and Darwinism have villainized the concept of
0:55.2	masculinity, resulting in much of our current tragic confusion on the subject.
1:00.7	But it also provides a hopeful way forward, a way to return to the virtue and goodness that have always been at the heart of masculinity.
1:08.0	Nancy, welcome to the show.
1:10.0	Thank you so much, Andrew. Thanks for having me.
1:12.0	Absolutely. Well, I'd like to talk about
1:14.7	Darwinism and how that has affected the secular script for masculinity, but perhaps we can
1:19.8	build up to that by giving listeners some general introduction to your book. In the
1:24.3	introduction you say you've been writing this book your whole life. What did you
1:28.0	mean by that and why is now a good time to release this book?
1:31.5	Well Andrew I start the book with my personal experience. I have
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