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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Toxic War on Masculinity with Nancy Pearcey

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

5 • 791 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

The world would be better off without men—especially men with “toxic masculinity.” While the culture might tell you this is true, Dr. Nancy Pearcey takes the pervasive premise of toxic masculinity to task in her tour de force The Toxic War on Masculinity and joins Hank Hanegraaff to discuss why masculinity is not the problem that it is presented to be. Pearcey’s combination of thorough historical analysis and compelling research makes this a conversation that will radically alter the way that you view gender roles—showing how Christianity reconciles the sexes and exposing the war being waged against masculinity today for what it truly is—toxic. For more information on how to receive The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes for your partnering gift please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-the-toxic-war-on-masculinity-how-christianity-reconciles-the-sexes-love-thy-body-answering-hard-questions-about-life-and-sexuality-the-end-of-woman-how-smashing-the-patriarchy-has-wa/Topics discussed include: The Toxic War on Masculinity vs. “toxic masculinity” (4:15); how do we know Christianity is true? the importance of Christian apologetics (6:10); is masculinity toxic or a good thing? (11:00); what does it mean to be a good man? (13:30); are there real differences between men and women? (17:00); Oxytocin—the biological changes that take place in men when bonding with their children (20:15); the impact of pornography on toxic masculinity (23:30); what group of men are the most loving and caring husbands and fathers? (27:30); the paradox of Christian marriage—what headship really entails (33:30); how did Christianity revolutionize marriage? (38:10); how did the Industrial Revolution impact men as husbands and fathers? (45:15); why did so many women oppose the Women’s suffrage movement? (53:50); historically speaking abortion has been anti-woman—so how did pro-choice support become synonymous with pro-woman? (1:03:45); can we bring both men and women back into the home? the benefits of flex-work and working from home (1:06:45); debunking the romantic myth of the noble savage (1:11:00); the rise of liberalism, emotionalism and the subsequent rejection of the supernatural in religion (1:17:10); the true meaning of meekness (1:20:15); the role Darwinian evolution played in the degradation of both men and women (1:21:40); the moral bankruptcy of materialism (1:29:20); your view of God is what determines your view of masculinity (1:33:00); what makes men truly happy? (1:36:00); why is a proper perspective on masculinity so important? (1:38:15); the difference between fathers and dads (1:42:45); is there such a thing as toxic femininity? (1:45:45); the significance of having an authentic father (1:47:40).


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Transcript

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0:00.0

And welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplug podcast, a podcast committed to bringing the most

0:28.3

interesting, informative, and inspirational people on the planet directly to your earbuds.

0:35.1

And today, we're not only talking about someone who is interesting,

0:39.1

informative, and inspirational, but someone who's brought a book to us that is the quintessence

0:45.7

of those three parts of our mission statement. The book is interesting, it's informative,

0:52.3

and it is inspirational. And it's a book that is directly needed

0:57.2

for our epic of time. Now, before I introduce Nancy formally, I want to read something that

1:03.9

Jay Richards said about the book that is the topic for today's discussion. The title of the book, The Toxic War on Masculinity, How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes.

1:18.5

Jay Richard says this, and when Jay Richard speaks, I listen.

1:22.6

I've had him on the podcast, on the broadcast.

1:26.1

I've featured him in the Christian Research Journal.

1:30.0

He is someone that I have such great respect for, and he says this about the book, The

1:35.2

Toxic War and Masculinity. The first thing he says is this is the very book we need right

1:41.7

now. The world and far too much of the church are confused

1:49.0

on the question of our sexual natures in general and manhood in particular. Nancy Piercy

1:57.0

provides the decisive defense of masculinity rightly understood against distortions to the left and to the right.

2:06.8

She shows why Christianity not only gives the best account of manhood, but also serves to form

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the sort of men the world and families need.

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And then he ends with this line.

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Everyone should read, indeed, study this book.

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So at the very outset, before I've even introduced the guest and the author of this book,

2:28.6

let me say that the toxic war and masculinity, how Christianity reconciles the sexes, is must reading.

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