Why do many men feel alienated within modern western society? What draws young men in particular to search for male role models beyond the Church? What are the consequences of the Church failing to to reach men within this climate? Sadly, many churches today are so busy apologising for masculinity that they're unable to even define what men (or women) are, let alone show them the best way to be who they are. Andy and Aaron discuss why this is no "fringe" issue but something right at the heart of the Church's mission in this world.

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>>> Some of the resources we mentioned in this episode ...

Mary Eberstadt, "Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics" (Templeton Press, 2019)

Louise Perry, "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century" (Polity Press, 2022)

Wendy Shalit, "A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue" (Free Press, 2014)

Gabriella Swerling, "Church of England: There is ‘no official definition’ of a woman", The Telegraph, 10 July 2022, https://bit.ly/3PiYshC