Making Christianity Manly Again: Gender Theology, Hypermasculinity, and a Megachurch Empire
Thursday April 17, 2025 | 7:00pm – Vahlkamp
This event is only open to Centre affiliates. It is NOT open to the general public.
Dr. Jennifer McKinney, author of Making Christianity Manly Again, explains how megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll and his Seattle church indelibly impacted American evangelicalism. Driscoll’s gender theology put men at the forefront of American Christianity, rebranding Jesus from a “gay hippie in a dress” to a sword-carrying, “robe-dipped-in-blood” warrior. This type of rhetoric paved the way for evangelicals’ embrace of hypermasculine Christianity. Sociologist Jennifer McKinney presents a better understanding of the dynamics of the evangelical impulse to reclaim and glorify men, fueling a growing Christian nationalist movement.