Toxic Masculinity and the Church: A Call to Pay Attention

There's an undercurrent running through Christianity today that many of us sense but struggle to name. Perhaps you've noticed it in the rhetoric that conflates strength with aggression, leadership with dominance, or faithfulness with unwavering loyalty to certain political or cultural positions. Maybe you've wondered why some Christian spaces feel more like battlegrounds than sanctuaries, or why the Jesus who wept and welcomed children sometimes seems overshadowed by a warrior-king who looks suspiciously like a Hollywood cowboy.