Van Leeuwen, Mary Stewart, 1943-

My brother's keeper : what the social sciences do (and don't) tell us about masculinity / Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2002. - 255 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Masculinity under siege -- The biblical drama and the gendered powers -- Masculinity and honor : a mixed legacy -- What can we learn from biology? -- What can we learn from developmental psychology? -- What can we learn from other cultures? -- The challenge of evolutionary psychology -- Men, religion and the distortion of the cultural mandate -- Men, religion and contemporary feminism -- Men, marriage and male parenting -- Men, masculinity and nonrelational sexuality -- An agenda for gender reconciliation.

0830826904 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780830826902 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Masculinity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Men (Christian theology)
Religion and the social sciences.

BT 703.5 / .V36 2002